ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria said on Thursday that Jammu and Kashmir was the oldest issue on the agenda of the United Nations that needed to be resolved. In his weekly news briefing, Zakaria said there was no change in Pakistan’s principled stand on Kashmir and Pakistan would continue to raise the issue at every forum. “Whenever there are talks between India and Pakistan, the Kashmir issue will remain on the agenda,” he said. He reiterated that Pakistan would continue to support Kashmiris till implementation of UN resolutions on Kashmir. He said that Kashmiris were struggling for their right to self-determination. “We have always condemned human rights violations by the Indian security forces,” he added. He welcomed the US for recognising the Kashmir issue as a dispute. Zakaria said that incidents like an anti-Pakistan campaign ahead of Pakistan cricket team’s visit to India were counterproductive to efforts aimed at reducing tensions. “Sports and other functions, including arts and cultural events, help promote people-to-people contacts between the two countries,” the spokesman said. He said that Pakistan’s policy was based on the prime minister’s vision of ‘good neighborly relations’ with India and other countries. To a question, the spokesman said that Pakistan released 87 Indian prisoners and would release more of them who had completed their sentences. He, however, said that India released only four Pakistanis. Answering another question, the spokesperson said that Pakistan was committed to counterterrorism efforts. Pakistan was not the only country facing the menace of terrorism; this scourge was a challenge for the regional countries and it had become a global phenomenon. He said that Pakistan supported all efforts for elimination of terrorism and extremism. He said that Pakistan cooperated with the international community to root out this menace.