Kashmir was never part of India: British MP

[LurkerBaba]

Wasn't there an article which stated Pakistani govt paid him to lobby that cause for them

In the mid-1990s, he faced allegations that lobby groups he was involved with received £360,000 from the Pakistan government. BBC Newsnight said Mr Galloway received a cheque from the Benazir Bhutto government worth £50,000 for the National Lobby on Kashmir.

A further £10,000 was paid in cash to the group. Documents detailing the payments were uncovered by a Pakistani commission investigating Mrs Bhutto after she was ousted in 1996. The Bhutto government also agreed to pay a company of which Mr Galloway was a director, Asian Voice Ltd, £500,000 to set up a newspaper favourable to it. Around £300,000 was paid. The paper, East, ran into financial difficulty when Mrs Bhutto was ousted.

Secret payments were later funnelled to the Pakistan Projection Fund in London. Mr Galloway says he received no benefit from these monies, and the Commons standards committee cleared him of any wrongdoing.

Full article : Charity, fundraiser or political campaign? | Politics | The Guardian

 

[Sabir]

So Benazir thought if British govt speaks in their favour India will hand over Kashmir to them?

BTW, even if there is Plebiscite I doubt how many Kashmiri would like to join a bankrupt nation infested with Jihadis...

 

[venkat]

why not we have a rethink on Scotland and Ireland? where is shinn fenn and the IRA? wiped out?

 

[A.V.]

The One thing i dont understand is why do foreigners have to poke their nose in every activity and why does indians allow this i dont know , people who dont know about india must keep their mouth shut

 

[sandeepdg]

"bhai, kutte bhonkte hai to bhonkne do, hathi ki chaal mein mein koi badlav nahi aata". Dogs can bark as much as they want, the Elephant just doesn't give a damn !!

 

[Blackwater]

Kashmir was never part of India--George Galloway

so is Scotland, Wales, Canada, Australia were never part of England.

I think BRAIN was never part of George Galloway

 

[bhramos]

Didn't read beyond this.

British parliamentarian George Galloway

I suppose this is the same guy:

Meanwhile, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) showed its concern on Wednesday regarding a large amount of money given to former UK Parliamentarian, George Galloway by the Pakistani High Commission in London.

The Pakistani High Commission in London gave 135,000 pounds to Galloway from the Pakistan Projection Funds.

When this topic came into discussion during a PAC meeting, the additional foreign secretary said that this was a sensitive issue and should not be propagated. At this, member of PAC, Hamid Yar Hiraj responded by saying that those who have caused a loss to the national treasury should not be pardoned.

However, the additional secretary said that certain Pakistani missions held confidential funds which they used for the purpose of national interest.Another member of the PAC, Haider Abbas Rizvi said that the Parliament should be taken into confidence on the issue of such special funds.

From the same source as above:
PAC concerned over money given to Galloway | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online

 

[bhramos]

*WARNING GRAPHIC MENTAL RETARDATION*

 

[warriorextreme]

so the biggest colonist in the world are speaking now..
they should not even dare considering they are the reason for all this mess in subcontinent..

 

[The Messiah]

Question that should be put to them is how come northern ireland is not part of ireland ?

they have done same thing there by dividing the people of ireland on the basis of catholics and protestants and divided the country.