Prime Minister Modi brought the issue of Balochistan into the light as he was speaking during the 70th indepence day ceremony of India. The statement of the PIC chairman comes amidst mounting pressure on India as the attention of the world is slowly turning towards the wave of violence and unrest in Kashmir.
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Jaishankar also said he looks forward to discussing with his counterpart the “earliest possible vacation of Pakistan’s illegal occupation of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir”.
The head of the world’s largest bloc of Muslim countries was right when he said that situation in Kashmir valley is not an internal matter of India but an worldwide issue and that global community should be more vocal on the deteriorating human rights violations in the valley. “Therefore, India and Pakistan should take into confidence the people on both sides of Kashmir before starting a meaningful dialogue”, he said.
OIC stresses Kashmir issue solution through dialogue was posted in Top Story of TheNews International – https://www.thenews.com.pk on August 22, 2016 and was last updated on August 22, 2016.
On Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), he said India has consistently taken the stand that PoK is illegally occupied. The United Nations was said to be obligated to persuade the Indian government for a peaceful settlement of the long-standing Kashmir dispute. Most Kashmiris want an end to Indian rule and favor independence or a merger with Pakistan. “And the PM’s remarks on allowing the people of Baluchistan to enjoy a violence-free life and aspire for their own development is something we appreciate and welcome”, Karzai said in response to a question from ET.
Congress and the UPA, including the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, had spoken on the issue of Balochistan in 2005, 2006 and in 2009, he said. “The brutal use of force has killed at least 80 people and at least 100 have been blinded by use of pellet guns”, stressed Zakaria.
The husband and wife were injured Friday night by pellets from a shotgun fired as they tried to resist a police party looking for one of their sons for allegedly leading anti-India protests in the southern Tral area, police and locals said.
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“If the latter, it could backfire but be viewed as worth the risk”, cautioned Singh, vice president, national security and global policy at the Center for American Progress, a top usa think-tank based in Washington DC.
