Nawaz Sharif flew out of Islamabad Saturday night en route to NY.
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Khawaja Muhammad Asif said Pakistan is morally, diplomatically and politically supporting Kashmir movement and Kashmiris are demanding just right to self determination that was promised by India through resolution in UNGA.
Condemning the “militant attack”, Ban expressed his “deepest sympathy and condolences” to the families of the soldiers who lost their lives and to the government of India and wished a speedy recovery to those injured in the attack.
Calling on the Centre to ask the International Community to impose sanctions against Pakistan, he further stated that this is a test for all nations who oppose terror and stand with India. Last week, visiting Afghan president Ashraf Ghani – while addressing a think-tank in New Delhi – spoke at length on how Pakistan was patronising terror groups on its soil to attack his own country and India. In January, the Modi government was not provoked by the attack on Pathankot base.
A weekly bus service between Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir and Muzaffarabad, the capital on the Pakistani side, operated as normal on Monday however. The foreign office and DG ISPR both rejected Indian allegations of Pak complicity in the attack.
According to sources, no decision has been taken as yet on the Prime Minister’s participation at the SAARC summit meet in Islamabad.
Some retired army generals also favoured a tough response from India.
He wrote: “Pakistan is a terrorist state and should be identified and isolated as such”.
In a meeting with PoK Hurriyat leaders ahead of his departure to New York, Sharif assured them that he would emphatically highlight the Kashmir issue at UN.
By mid-October, India would have hosted its own neighbourhood summit – minus Pakistan. The BRICS outreach will be followed by a full-fledged BIMSTEC summit.
Washington condemned the attack, adding it was committed to the “strong partnership with the Indian government to combat terrorism”, US State Department spokesman John Kirby said. Modi’s reference to Balochistan during his Independence Day address sparked widespread support from Baloch activists and sharp anger from within Pakistan.
Heavily armed militants stormed a battalion headquarters of the Army in North Kashmir’s Uri town in the wee hours, killing 17 jawans and injuring 19 other personnel in the strike in which four ultras were neutralised.
Condemning the terror attack in Uri, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday assured that the people behind this attack will not be spared, adding that after this attack it becomes important to isolate Pakistan on worldwide platform. “He must make his defence minister resign”.
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There were arguments for and against a retaliatory military action, even a “punitive counter attack”, as many military analysts are demanding. “Military action does not have to comprise incursion by Indian forces”.
