Pakistan hyphenated Kashmir with Palestine. However, we have also undermined the legitimate cause of Palestinian people by mishandling the Kashmir policy. This was stated by Pakistan People’s Party leader Farhatullah Babar while addressing the Palestine Conference held at the Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services. “Through our wrong policies, the freedom struggle in Kashmir is being increasingly viewed by the world as cross-border terrorism. Perhaps we emphasized the jehadi character of Kashmir more,” he said. He said that Netanyahu was re-elected PM of Israel last month for a 5th time. “He promised in the election campaign to annex Jewish settlements in West Bank. Next month, the US plans to release its peace place. US naval fleet is in the Gulf threatening Iran. Arabs and Israel seem to be trying to pressure Jordan to agree to make Jordan a home for the refugees,” he said. “These developments make the Al Quds Day this year far more significant. There is no alternative to the two-state solution and creation of an independent Palestine state with East Jerusalem as its capital,” he said. “Pakistan has always supported the Palestinian cause right from the days of Quaid-e-Azam, who in 1948 paid glowing tribute to the sacrifices of Palestinians. We recognised the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as their sole representative of Palestinian people in the OIC summit in 1974,” he said. Mushahid Syed, Fakhar Imam, Shireen Mazari, senators Afrasiab Khattak and Abdul Qayum also spoke on the occasion.