Similar human rights violations are being committed by the armed forces of Pakistan in PoK which is an integral part of India. Congress party believes there are serious human rights violations in Balochistan and the voice of democratic dissent is being suppressed by Pakistani forces and agencies. The province borders two countries – Afghanistan to the north and north-west and Iran to the south-west. The whole nation should stand united on National issues like these.
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“India would welcome a dialogue on contemporary and relevant issues in India-Pakistan relations”, said External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup.
“It is regrettable to see CPEC become another unharmonious factor in Sino-Indian ties but China is unlikely to give up on the idea of the CPEC because of India’s protest”, the daily said. “What is more troubling is the possibility that the diplomatic war of words could translate into another extended period of firing across the LoC”.
In the near term, though, the question that emanates from Modi’s Red Fort speech is whether the PM will now go for the SAARC summit in Pakistan later this year?
Four people have been killed in troubled Indian-controlled Kashmir, and at least 15 more injured on Tuesday as hundreds clashed with government troops during anti-India protests, police said. Modi also referred to Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, through which some of a $46 billion, Chinese-backed trade corridor is expected to run, extending south through Baluchistan to the port of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea. “It is time for empty posturing and empty shelling to be rooted out of our regional politics”.
“But look at the other side where terrorism is being glorified. We understand the way people of Balochistan welcomed and appreciated Prime Minister’s reference of the nation in his Independence Day speech but we are not able to understand the criticism of the confused Congress party”, said Naqvi.
That one line caused uproar in India. Bugti, according to The Indian Express, also said, “I would request Indian cinema to make movies, the top producers and directors, and movie stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan to act in them”. Pakistan got anxious by Prime Ministers statement this we can accept but why is Congress objecting to. This is our objection.
“I want to tell these youths that this country will never tolerate terrorism, this country will never tolerate terrorists and this country will never bow down to terrorists”, he said.
The daily, a subsidiary of People’s Daily, said the CPEC “was not a zero-sum game where Pakistan gains and India loses”.
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Responding to Modi’s remarks, Pakistan said his references to Balochistan and PoK were an attempt to divert world attention from the “grim tragedy” that has been unfolding in Jammu and Kashmir.
