China has assured Pakistan of its support in the event of any foreign “aggression” and also supported the country’s stance on the Kashmir dispute, a media report said.
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“They have a tendency of making such allegations whenever some incident takes place in India, especially in Kashmir”, Zakaria told state-run Pakistan Television.
A delegation of West Pakistani refugees on Friday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here and demanded full citizenship rights in Jammu and Kashmir, including the right to vote, an official release said.
Jawad lauded that the Prime Minister of Pakistan has comprehensively advocated a Kashmir case at UN General Assembly and termed his speech a historic, by presenting Kashmir cause in its true perspective at world forum. “A retaliatory strike by India against Pakistan risks doing just that”.
But many of Modi’s supporters and members of his Bharatiya Janata Party say India must hit back hard.
Gul Mohammad Wani, a political science professor at the University of Kashmir, said Friday that the region’s strategic environment made it hard for New Delhi to try any kind of military adventurism.
Post Uri attack by militants that killed 18 Indian soldiers, some of them in their sleep, there were calls for a retaliatory attack on Pakistan. They do not have the courage to act against Pakistan.
He said his government will strive hard to end poverty and make India prosperous as envisioned by Jan Sangh founder Deen Dayal Upadhyay whose centenary celebration starts tomorrow.
“I want to remind the people of Pakistan that before partition, your forefathers too used to respect this land”, said Modi. PoK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) is with you, you can’t even manage that.
There was talk of a short bilateral series late previous year but plans were shelved after the Indian and Pakistani governments failed to come to a conclusion on the venue.
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India’s friendship with the United States has helped defuse the situation, Mansingh said.
