A signature campaign was also launched to raise awareness, encourage advocacy and to emphasize the centrality of the resolution of Kashmir dispute to the lasting peace and prosperity of South Asia. The people of Kashmir have the right to self-determination and Pakistan will always stand by this integral right.
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Since they split some 67 years ago, India and Pakistan have fought each other in three wars, two over Kashmir.
Slamming the prime minister’s statement as mere “rhetoric”, it said that politicians utter these statements to win the masses’ support and the people continue to suffer due to this mentality.
Forty six people have been killed and more than 5,000 wounded, including security forces, since protests erupted after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8.
The former Bharatiya Janata Party president’s comments showed no remorse or grief for the almost 50 Kashmiri deaths in the days of violence after the July 8 killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani at the hands of security forces.
The Indian government on Monday issued advisory to all of its staff members in the Pakistan High Commission to withdraw their wards from Pakistani schools and send them back to India.
The Indian minister also accused Pakistan of backing militants with the help of UN-designated terrorists and notorious figures such as Hafiz Saeed, in order to turn the valley into a living hell.
Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited Kashmir over the weekend, following street battles between government forces and protesters in the Muslim-majority region. The event was part of Black Day commemorations to protest against the atrocities committed against the people of occupied Kashmir and to express solidarity with the Kashmiri people. nocent Kashmiris who were protesting against the recent killing spree in Occupied Kashmir. “(Kashmir is) a political problem which requires political engagement both internally and externally”, a delegation of National Conference led by former chief minister Omar Abdullah told the home minister yesterday.
“Pakistan urges the United Nations, global community and the human rights organisations to play their role in stopping the Indian atrocities in the Indian-Occupied Kashmir against innocent and defenceless Kashmiris”.
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HM is one of several groups that for decades have been fighting around half a million Indian troops deployed in the region, calling for independence for Kashmir or a merger with Pakistan.
