“This can be an opportunity to revive the Pakistan-India dialogue process”, the editorial said.
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Since the latest outbreak of violence in early July, High Commissioner Zeid has been engaging with both Indian and Pakistani authorities and has sought access for a team to visit both Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-administered Kashmir to independently and thoroughly look into and verify allegations of violations of global law to be able to establish the facts accurately, particularly given the conflicting and competing claims on both sides, according to a United Nations press release.
While the previous Manmohan Singh government persevered with dialogue in the face of terrorist attacks, it can be argued that such forbearance paid few dividends for India, she said.
The Kashmir valley has been on boil since the July 8 killing of militant commander Burhan Wani and the ensuing clashes between protesting mobs and security forces have left over 60 people dead.
“It perfectly natural”, they said, adding Modi’s comments reflected that he was troubled by the human rights situation in Balochistan and the excesses committed by the Pakistani military. And Pakistan’s offer over the weekend to send relief supplies to people in Kashmir annoyed India further.
References to Baluchistan, Gilgit and PoK by Prime Minister Narendra Modi signals a change in India’s Pakistan policy, top American experts on South Asia have said as they sought more clarity on New Delhi’s new approach towards disturbed areas in Pakistan.
The journalist also reminded the State Department official that the Indian prime minister had directed his ministry of foreign affairs to raise this issue at the global level.
Responding to Pakistan foreign secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry’s invitation, India’s foreign secretary S Jaishankar today expressed his willingness to travel to Islamabad but maintained Pakistan has no locus standi in addressing any aspect of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, which is an internal matter of India, except to put an end to cross-border terrorism and infiltration.
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However, within days of the agreement, Pakistan insisted that any talks between the national security advisers take up the Kashmir dispute as well. And he shamefully took credit of breaking of Pakistan during his last visit to Bangladesh.
