India is ready to hold talks on terror and the discussion on Kashmir will be limited to cross-border terrorism and infiltration in Kashmir, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said on Wednesday in response to his Pakistani counterpart’s invitation to visit to Islamabad.
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The High Commissioner, who has sought access for a team to visit both Jammu and Kashmir and PoK to independently and thoroughly look into allegations of human rights violations, had said, “I deeply regret that our requests for access have not been granted”.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said the invitation letter underlined the commitment of the neighbouring countries to resolve the Kashmir dispute, in keeping with UN Security Council resolutions. India once again reiterated its tough stand against Pakistan, saying both countries can talk only on terror, not on Kashmir.
In Occupied Kashmir, the puppet authorities enforced strict curfew and restrictions on the 40th consecutive day on Wednesday, to prevent people from conducting a march towards the United Nations office in Srinagar.
He said that Modi may have some close friends in Pakistan but the people of Pakistan would not tolerate such remarks against Balochistan or any other integral part of Pakistan.
Tensions between Pakistan and India have been running high since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani sparked anti-government protests in IHK, with over 60 people dead in clashes between protesters and Indian authorities. Swarup said that no official decision over the level of India’s participation in SAARC Finance ministers meet in Islamabad has yet been taken.
Pakistan on Thursday said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi crossed the “red line” by talking about Balochistan and asserted that it will “forcefully” raise the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly session next month. “This can be an opportunity to revive the Pakistan-India dialogue process”, the editorial said. They had made an offer, We have responded to the offer.
He said, “Pakistan not allowing the United Nations human rights team to visit PoK is I think a message in itself”.
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“We arrested [Indian spy] Kulbhushan Jadhav and his entire network”, Zehri said, adding that the spy admitted during investigation that he had funded and trained lesser-privileged people and “turned them against Balochistan and Pakistan”.
