According to him, during the meeting, Prime Minister in a significant message to Pakistan, said Kashmir had four integral parts PoK, Jammu, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh. Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressed the media.
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He said Pakistan’s candidacy is based on a desire to strengthen global non-proliferation regimes; the need for strategic stability and level playing field in South Asia; priority for socio-economic development and technological advancement of the country; and capability to supply items on NSG lists Part 1 and 2.
“The Prime Minister has said that every Kashmiri wants peace and what is happening there is cross-border terrorism”.
A resolution by India’s lower house of parliament on Friday urged steps to restore peace but analyst Ajai Sahni said Modi’s government appeared short of ideas on how to achieve that. “Time has come to expose Pakistan responds to atrocities on people of Balochistan and PoK”, the Home Minister Rajnath Singh said while quoting the Prime Minister’s speech in the all-party meeting. He suggested that India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) should get in touch with expatriates from PoK living in various countries to collect information about the “pitiable” conditions people are living in and let the global community know about it.
“It is the government’s duty to prepare a road map to solve the Kashmir issue”, Singh said.
Singh said that maintaining law and order is a priority and national security can not be compromised upon. He said the envoys held in-depth discussions on the global and regional issues and agreed that the key elements of the foreign policy of Pakistan were pointing in the correct direction.
Aasiya Andrabi lauded the role and courage of Muslims of Chenab Valley and said that these people always reposed faith in Kashmiri people and always supported freedom struggle.
CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury and some others sought lifting the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, which gives unfettered powers to security forces, from civilian areas in the Valley. Similarly, the ministers deflected questions on imposing a ban on the use of pellet guns for crowd control. “Pellet guns have been in use since 2010”.
“The Conference emphasized the indigenous character of the movement in Kashmir and condemned the atrocities being committed by the Indian forces on unarmed and innocent Kashmiris”.
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The foreign affairs advisers said new guidelines have been set up regarding Pak-Afghan ties and recommendations in this regard will be presented to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
