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India urges security forces to exercise restraint in Kashmir

Hitting out at Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for his comments hoping Kashmir would soon be part of Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said that “dream will never come true”.

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In a statement she said that Pakistan is not giving “Dua” to Kashmiris rather providing arms and to terrorists to kill innocent people. The whole of India would like to tell Prime Minister of Pakistan that this dream will not be realized even at Qayamat, the end of eternity.

SRINAGAR, India India has asked its security forces to exercise restraint in responding to protests in disputed Kashmir and replace pellet guns with non-lethal weapons, its home affairs minister said on Sunday. “Pakistan has never given blessings to Kashmir, only gave terrorists”, Swaraj added.

“The young and educated Kashmiri boys are part of the struggle at the indigenous level and they are not the ones who are going anywhere outside for training nor is anyone anchoring them from behind”, said APCH Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.

Since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Burhan Wani, Pakistan has upped its ante by raising the issue of Kashmir at every possible global forum and has been fanning discontent in the Valley by issuing provocative statements. Pakistan’s dream of making Kashmir its own will never be fulfilled.

Members of the Kashmiri diaspora attending the meeting including Captain (retd) Shaheen Butt, president of the Kashmir Mission and Sardar Sawar Khan, a former member of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council, appreciated Pakistan’s consistent support and its efforts of taking up the issue at different worldwide forums.

“Sharif has also tried to paint Burhan Wani as a martyr. All our prayers are with them and we are waiting for the day Kashmir becomes Pakistan”, the Dawn quoted him as saying.

His death triggered widespread protests and resulted in the death of some 55 people so far after Indian forces tried to suppress the voice of Kashmiri people.

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“Its unsafe that Pakistan herself is spreading violence in Kashmir in name of terrorists like Hafiz Saeed & several United Nations banned terrorists”. Fifty people were killed and nearly three thousand were injured as protesters braved Indian shelling and curfews to take to the streets in defiance of the Indian security forces.

Only Kashmiris have the right to decide their future Sartaj Aziz