Upping his ante against the Indian media, Saeed expressed his anger over visa denial to a group of Pakistani doctors who wanted to visit Kashmir.
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She appealed Pakistan PM to make its envoys aware about the Kashmir issue in its historical and all other relevant perspectives. He urged the government to appoint a deputy foreign minister dedicated only to handle Kashmir affairs.
Home minister Rajnath Singh will visit Islamabad on August 3 and 4 to attend the meeting of home ministers and interior ministers of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc)?nations. “He also said that Kashmir is an internationally-acclaimed dispute recognised by the United Nations and to which India is also a signatory”, she said.
The JI Ameer asked the rulers to play their due role and support the Kashmir cause at the global level.
The march started from Nasser Bagh and concluded at Wagah where JI Ameer Siraj-ul-Haq addressed the gathering.Siraj-ul-Haq announced that August 15, the independence day of India, would be observed as black day throughout Pakistan.
The deaths occurred as protestors clashed with Indian security personnel, following the death of Burhan Wani, whom the Indian government has identified as a militant belonging to the Hizbul Mujahideen, once a dominant militant group in Kashmir.
Hafiz Saeed also criticised the Indian security forces for have been scrutinising the excessive forces against the protesters in Kashmir and using the pellet guns in an attempt to quell the unrest.
Kashmir, a Muslim-majority Himalayan region, is held by India and Pakistan in parts and claimed by both in full. They said that Kashmiris were facing an acute shortage of food amid the ongoing curfew in the occupied valley. Global rights bodies are acting as a silent spectator, he added. He sounded a note of warning to Indian home minister not to visit Pakistan as there won’t be anyone to welcome him.
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Leaders of Pakistani political and religious parties sit on stage during an anti-Indian rally in Islamabad, Pakistan on July 20, 2016.
