Zakaria said Pakistan had proposed to India to hold talks on Kashmir.
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“We will continue to encourage worldwide community to uphold promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the parts of J&K under illegal occupation of Pakistan, and hold the concerned accountable for their violation”, Swarup said.
‘At this time it includes a stoppage of Pakistani support for cross-border terrorism, infiltration of terrorists like Bahadur Ali, incitement to violence and terrorism across the border, parading of internationally-recognised terrorists like Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin, and a honest follow-up on the Mumbai attack trial and the Pathankot attack investigation in Pakistan’.
“We will continue to encourage worldwide community to uphold promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the parts of Jammu and Kashmir under illegal occupation of Pakistan, and hold the concerned accountable for their violation”, he stated.
Zardari also noted that Jammu Kashmir had been under curfew since many weeks and as many as 79 innocent Kashmiris had already been mowed down by the Indian armed forces, in the last two months alone. “When a country regularly sends uninvited guests [terrorists] to you, the visit of the PM to that country will be decided on a policy basis”, the key official said.
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said “Prime Minister Modi brought up Pakistani atrocities on people of Balochistan and PoK in his Independence Day speech”.
He stated that the world was aware that Pakistan has a long history of violence and terrorism against India, as also in the broader region.
New Delhi also recalled the signing of the Simla Agreement in 1972 and Lahore Declaration of 1999 by leaders of both the countries to resolve bilateral disputes within the framework of the two documents.
“Balochistan is part of Pakistan and is run by a democratically elected government”, he said.
On Monday, in a statement calling for Foreign Secretary-level talks on Kashmir, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said it was the global obligation of both countries to resolve the issue, notwithstanding India’s insistence that it would talk on contemporary and relevant issues in bilateral relations. Sources said Modi had “ruminated” about human rights issues at these places since he was “troubled” by them, and had expressed concern. “People of Balochistan, Gilgit and PoK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) have thanked me a lot in past few days, I am grateful to them”, Modi had said. “We would encourage greater dialogue and counter-terrorism cooperation between Pakistan and India” said Mark Toner, Deputy Spokesperson.
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“We didn’t ask the people to come out on the streets”.
