Quoting official reports, it said that almost a thousand bullet-ridden corpses have been recovered from various parts of Balochistan in the past six years, many of which are unrecognizable, with the faces burnt by the use of acid, a tactic used by the intelligence agencies.
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Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar added a new invective by describing Pakistan as “hell”, reports said.
“The letter highlights the global obligation of both the countries, India and Pakistan, to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions”, stated a Pakistan Foreign Ministry press release.
Or, will this new policy involve giving “diplomatic, moral and political support” – to use the Pakistani formulation on Kashmir – to the Baloch freedom fighters and Kashmiris struggling to shake off Pakistan’s yoke? The minister asserted that Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is part of India and the violation of human rights should stop in Balochistan.
He said thousands of unarmed youth were protesting in the Kashmir Valley “for their right of self-determination”.
Parrikar, who was in Rewari, Haryana to participate in “Jara Yaad Karo Qurbaani” programme said that the neighbour country Pakistan has always been promoting terrorism.
There is also the question of whether this policy is based on the merits of Balochistan’s case for independence – or it is merely a leverage to be used against Pakistan for a quid pro quo on Kashmir? They said Pakistan had thrown an iron curtain across POK and Gilgit.
Pakistan foreign affairs advisor, Sartaj Aziz, responded by accusing India of trying to divert attention from the grim tragedy unfolding in recent weeks in the part of Kashmir it controls.
With Pakistan upping the ante by re-inviting India for Foreign Secretary-level talks, Press Club of India (PCI) president Rahul Jalali on Tuesday said this is Islamabad’s attempt to pull wool over the eyes of world community.
Modi mentioned that India is a nation that does not tolerate terrorism. The GST would unite India’s $2 trillion economy and 1.3 billion people into a single market for the first time and, its backers say, boost economic growth and job creation that Modi needs to win a second term at the 2019 general election.
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“You can not describe it as freedom struggle if a few misguided youth wage militancy and get involved in anti-peace activities in Balochistan”, he added.
