According to Ashish Shukla, Researcher in the Institute of Defence Studies and and Analysis and editor of the Pakistan News Digest, India should prepare for a response taking various factors into account.
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However, his repeated calls to the United Nations to help resolve the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan appear to be gaining no traction as Ban made no reference to Kashmir and the situation in the Valley in his final speech to the UNGA as United Nations chief.
The Dawn report quoted Mr Li as telling Mr Sharif that: “We support Pakistan and we will speak for Pakistan at every forum”.
Pakistan denies sending fighters into Indian-administered Kashmir but voices support for separatists seeking to end Indian rule there.
Two American lawmakers pursue legislation to designate Pakistan a State Sponsor of terrorism.
In Uri in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) received blood and other samples from the bodies of four suspected terrorists, who had attacked the army base on Sunday and killed 18 soldiers before being shot dead in a three-hour gun battle.
Mr Jaishankar rushed back from Vienna from where he was scheduled to go straight to NY for the UN General Assembly, where Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj is expected to speak on Monday. They both gave the same message: this time they would not allow terrorism to derail talks between the two countries. “Terrorist attacks are being planned on Pakistani territory”. General (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua and exchanged detailed views about the current regional situation and the risks of heightening tensions between Pakistan and India.
There is enough evidence to show that Ms. Swaraj’s instincts were correct. At the UN, Pakistan dodged all questions on the attack. “Pakistan has suffered the most in the war against terrorism”.
Equally confusing are the steps the government has taken on the global stage.
Prime Minister Modi only confirmed that he would skip the next SAARC Summit to be hosted by Pakistan. We have shared dossiers a year ago with the UN Secretary General as well as the US Government in this regard.
Pakistan’s air force closed a major highway on Thursday to let it practice landing jets on the road, in what it said was routine training not related to heightened tension with India after a deadly attack in the disputed Kashmir region.
Slamming Pakistan at the United Nations for providing safe havens to terrorists, Afghanistan said Pakistan has been waging an “undeclared war” on its people by plotting “merciless” terror attacks and training and financing groups like the Taliban and Haqqani network.
He said that a decision would be taken on it when the prime ministers of the two countries meet at another regional event in Goa next month.
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Finally, there is an inconsistency between the government’s rhetoric and the actions it is prepared to take in the wake of an attack.
