According to a statement by the Pakistan Mission to the UN, Sharif handed over to Ban the dossier containing information and evidence of alleged atrocities and human rights violations against Kashmiris. Reiterating that Pakistan “fully supports Kashmir’s right to self-determination”, Sharif without any hint of irony suggested that his country “has been the principal victim of terrorism, including that is supported, sponsored, financed from overseas”.
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Swarup said that the onus is now squarely on Pakistan to act against terrorist groups and those who find safe haven in the country.
The issue brought out unity in the Indian Polity and leaders from all the political parties slammed Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan.
On being asked whether cancelling the Indus water treaty with Pakistan was an option, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup, during a media briefing on Thursday, said: “Eventually any cooperative arrangement requires goodwill and cooperation on both sides”.
“Confrontation should not be our destiny in South Asia, Pakistan wants peace with India”, Sharif said. New Delhi says the militants came from Pakistan and has moved to isolate Islamabad globally.
He stated that the global community accepted that Kashmir was a disputed issue and the Prime Minister’s address at the United Nations to highlight the issue would cause a good impact from the world on India. The land of Taxila, one of the greatest learning centres of ancient times, is now host to the Ivy League of terrorism. “The effect of its toxic curriculum is felt across the globe”, she said.
Gambhir called Pakistan a “democracy deficit country” and said the country was extending support to extremist groups, and committing “war crimes” by suppressing minorities and women and denying them basic human rights.
Nevertheless, a meeting of the Cabinet Committee chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reviewed at length the prevailing security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Uri attack.
“We are thankful to Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif for investing huge resources for the safety and security of Chinese personnel in Pakistan”, the Chinese Premier said. “We have always been ready for a dialogue, but we will not succumb to the blackmail and tactics of a government in Islamabad that seems eager to use terrorist and terrorism as policy”, he said. “People of Pakistan are paying the price of a malevolent government”. “Talks and guns don’t go together”. “It was shocking that a leader of a nation can glorify a self declared, a self- advertised terrorist at such a forum”. Wani’s death triggered a two-month-long cycle of violence in Kashmir that left 86 dead and thousands injured. Singhvi called Pakistan the biggest exporter of terrorism in the world. “This is self incrimination”, Akbar said. “The world also knows that Pakistan has indulged in ethnic cleansing of its own people”, he said. This includes granting asylum to someone like Osama Bin Laden, who was found and killed by the U.S. forces in Abbottabad.
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Speaking at the UN General Assembly yesterday, Sharif raked up the Kashmir issue and glorified slain Hizbul commander Burhan Wani.
