India’s Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar criticized Pakistan’s bid to internationalise the issue as it was a bilateral dispute. If Pakistan wants to give free tourism to some MPs, then it is its independent right.
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A senior Intelligence Bureau official said the government failed to send any positive signals to assuage the anger and there was complete absence of political will to resolve the issue facing Kashmir. They have commitments on Kashmir in Tashkhent and Shimla. If going by the past, one should not be over optimistic as these influential capitals have always turned their back to the plight of blood soaked Kashmir because of their own expediency and stakes with big Indian market.
The historic success of Pakistan Muslim League (N) in the state’s elections, he said, is the result of the correctly judged policies of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Nawaz Sharif.
Sharif said the Kashmir problem is the most persistent failure of the United Nations and that the world body must establish its relevance. Sharif said the Kashmir problem is the most persistent failure of the United Nations and that the world body must establish its relevance.
For the first time, the victims of cross-border firing along the Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir will get compensation similar to those who die due to terrorism or left wing extremism violence.
There is a need to educate youth in Kashmir against those working with vested interest to harm the country’s unity, Union Minister Jitendra Singh today said, observing that those instigating the youth for so called “Jihaad” have kept their own children in safe havens.
Raja Farooq Haider Khan said India was engaged in conspiracies to destabilize Pakistan politically and economically but it would not succeed in its nefarious designs.
Among the parliamentarians who have been nominated as special envoys to highlight Indian brutalities and lobby for the Kashmir cause in various countries included Ijazul Haq and Malik Uzair for Belgium, Khusro Bakhtiar and Alamdad Laleka for China, Raza Hayat Hiraj, Junaid Anwar Chaudhry and Nawab Ali Wassan for the Russian Federation.
Meanwhile, Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit on Saturday indicated that Pakistan was ready to discuss the Kashmir issue with India.
Jammu and Kashmir has been under curfew and restrictions since protests broke out over the killing of Hizbul Mujahdeen commander Burhan Wani on July 8 in a shootout with security forces.
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Report claims that the Jammu and Kashmir government has prepared a list of the beneficiary families and they are anticipated to receive approximately Rs 5.5 lakh each.
