The remarks also come in the backdrop of recent comments by Modi during an all-party meet on Kashmir that the time had come to expose the atrocities committed by our neighbouring nation in Balochistan and the areas of J&K under its illegal occupation.
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“So, the position and the situation of Pakistan is known to everybody. Indian and Afghan spy agencies are backing Baloch insurgents and working to destabilize Pakistan”, Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, a spokesman for the Balochistan’s provincial government, said. India’s posturing in the global community has portrayed Pakistan up to now as the conniving member of the Indo-Pak duo.
Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan but claimed in its entirety by both.
That one line caused uproar in India. “Mere threats can have a very real effect on the economic state of play as well”.
That is a huge difference and that should worry Pakistan, which for decades had practically a free run, raising the Kashmir issue whenever and wherever it wanted. In the last few days, people of Balochistan, Gilgit, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir have thanked me, have expressed gratitude, and expressed good wishes for me.
The reference particularly to Balochistan seems to have been well thought out.
Asserting that the “aggression is not for war but just to corner” Pakistan, a BJP leader said, “You can not have an inflexible policy”. “It’s tragic that New Delhi is being encouraged by its alliance partner the PDP to talk about Balochistan rather than address the current unrest in Kashmir that has resulted in the loss of more than 60 young lives till now”, he said.
“People of Balochistan have rejected the separatists like Brahamdagh and they completely support Pakistan and the government.
Frankly, it’s for the benefit of the United States”, said Mark C. Toner, the Deputy Spokesperson in his daily press briefing in Washington, DC. And it didn’t just stop with Modi’s comment.
The US has said India and Pakistan must determine the “pace, scope and character” of any discussions about the Kashmir conflict.
Modi’s remarks tap into historic grievances in a sensitive and contested part of Asia.
Baluchistan is a Pakistani province that has been plagued by an unending cycle of violence and underdevelopment since India and Pakistan were partitioned upon gaining independence in 1947.
Security forces shot dead four people and wounded another 12 during a protest at a village in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday, according to witnesses and a security source. We will support it. “We are going to ruin our own case on PoK”, Indian National Congress leader and former foreign minister Salman Khurshid said.
Kashmir’s chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti, appealed for calm in her Independence Day speech Monday.
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