Karachi Agreement
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The Karachi Agreement was a cease-fire agreement signed by Pakistan
and India
on the 27th of July 1949. It established a cease-fire line which could be monitored by observers from the United Nations
. The Agreement was signed by the following:
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
and India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
on the 27th of July 1949. It established a cease-fire line which could be monitored by observers from the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
. The Agreement was signed by the following:
- Honourable Mushtaq Ahmed GurmaniMushtaq Ahmed GurmaniMushtaque Ahmed Gurmani was a Pakistani politician. In his role as Minister without Portfolio he signed the Karachi Agreement of 1949 that established a ceasefire line between Pakistani and Indian areas of Kashmir, which later become known as the Line of Control...
, Minister without Portfolio, Government of Pakistan. - Sardar Mohammed Ibrahim Khan, the president of Azad KashmirAzad KashmirAzad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...
. - Choudhry Ghulam Abbas, Head of All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim ConferenceAll Jammu and Kashmir Muslim ConferenceThe All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference is a major political party of Azad Kashmir.- History :The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference was founded as a political party in August 1932 in Srinagar...
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