AS Khan attends National Prayer Breakfast
Sardar Ali Shahnawaz Khan has recently met Richard Armitage former Deputy Secretary of State of the United States in
Norway.
Washington: Sardar Ali Shahnawaz Khan Kashmiri Scandinavian Council Executive and advisor to the Chairman of the Norwegian Christian
Democratic Party on an invitation from the American Congress has attended the national prayer breakfast with U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama here.
Sardar Ali Shahnawaz Khan arrived here for a week long visit. He has been attending the prayer breakfast during last several years attended by
U.S. President, prominent personalities and emerging global and social leaders. Sardar Ali Shahnawaz told KW, "We seize this opportunity to brief the
government representatives and leading congressmen members about the human rights violations in Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir." He said that he has
urged to US government to appoint its special envoy to resolve the Kashmir problem. He said as long as the Kashmir dispute is not resolved, peace can
not be achieved in the region.
AS Khan originally hailing from Rawlakote Azad Kashmir is a businessman by profession and based in Norway
since 1986. He became the advisor to the Chairman of Norwegian Christian Democratic Party and later established Kashmiri-Scandinavian-Council (KSC)
a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Kashmiri cause, both within Scandinavia and internationally. In Scandinavia, the KSC is working
with academicians, intelligentsia, policy-makers, NGOs, media, students and the conscientious Scandinavians to raise their level of awareness about
Kashmiri people's struggle for their right of self-determination as enshrined in successive United Nations resolutions. It is also dedicated to
promote and encourage the association of Kashmiris in Norway and rest of the Scandinavia.
