The PPP chairman also noted that his party along with all the democratic forces of Pakistan have strongly condemned the outrageous remarks of Narendra Modi and asked him to allow Kashmiri people the right to self-determination in accordance with the United Nations aegis instead of dilly-dallying and prolonging the issue.
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Bilkulonline.com, New Delhi, Aug 17: Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar has accepted his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Chaudhry’s invitation for talks on Jammu and Kashmir, it is learnt.
In a worrying escalation the previous day, Indian security forces fired live rounds at a crowd of stone-throwing protesters in Kashmir’s Baramulla district, killing five and wounding 10.
The Indian response also conveyed that detaining and prosecuting internationally recognised Pakistani terrorist leaders, who have been publicly active in exhorting and supporting violence in J&K, should be part of the talks besides closing down terrorist training camps. “I think Pakistan will not accept India trying to hold it to its past commitments and will try and find a way to get out of talks with India”, Bhaskar said.
To a question on comments by Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to the Pakistan Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, that Modi’s reference to the Balochistan issue has crossed red lines, Swarup described it as an “extraordinary remark”.
Kashmir is split along an UN-tracked line of control between India and Pakistan, but it is claimed by both in full and have fought two wars over its management. The interaction with Kashmiri leadership also required a fresh look so that any such relationship does not make the Kashmiris’ more vulnerable to persecution by Indian forces, it said.
According to a report carried by Pakistan-based Dawn newspaper, the spokesman, Nafees Zakaria, said Pakistan was open to the idea of United Nations high commissioner visiting Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria says Pakistan wants to resolve all outstanding disputes with India through dialogue. Pakistan observed a “Black Day” on 20 July to protest alleged human rights violations in Kashmir.
He mentioned that people of Balochistan and Karachi had suffered due to the activities of Indian intelligence activities.
Bugti said, “I thank the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi sahab for speaking about the Balochistan problem”.
He said Barahamdagh and a few other traitors had “become RAW agents and Indian agents” and were shedding rivers of blood in Balochistan for a few rupees, and that is why they were thanking and appreciating Modi.
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On Monday, PM Modi sharply changed the tone of his policy of Pakistan by talking of atrocities committed by it in Balochistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.
