Responding to criticism from the Opposition on why a parliamentary team has not been sent to Kashmir to take stock of the situation, Singh said he had broached up the subject with Jammu and Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti.
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“Every possible effort would be made to draw worldwide attention towards Indian brutalities in the IoK and to resolve the dispute”, the Pakistan Foreign Adviser said.
No relaxation in curfew across Kashmir Valley: Amid speculation that curfew will be relaxed in the Kashmir Valley, a State police spokesperson on Thursday said that the restrictions will “remain strictly in place throughout the day till further orders”.
“Whatever be the napak (unholy) intentions of our neighbour, it will not succeed”, Rajnath said to the thumping of benches in the Lok Sabha.
On Wednesday, thousands of Pakistanis observed a “Black Day” over the unrest in Kashmir fomented by elements supported by that country by taking out protest rallies in various cities.
In the aftermath of the killing of Wani by the Indian Security Forces, he told the audience that the situation in Indian administered Kashmir has deteriorated not only from a human rights perspective but also with regards to freedom of information and restrictions placed on the local media.
India must permit the holding of a free, fair and impartial plebiscite, in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions, to ascertain the will of the people of Jammu & Kashmir.
“We will constitute an expert committee to review the use of pellet guns for crowd control. Everyone needs to partake in the responsibility of making the situation better”, the home minister said. Seeking to defend his government’s strategy, the Home Minister said, “This is not the first time pellet guns were used. The fact is that whenever India engages Pakistan into dialogue, the tempers in Kashmir have cooled down”, he said. “I have said there should be dialogue”, he said.
Aziz repeated the words of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that Kashmir is not India’s internal matter. Matters related to regional and internal security were discussed during the meeting. They highlighted the double standards of the United Nations and its failure to implement relevant resolutions, the use of social media to report on the atrocities, the media ban and the on-going protests in the divided territory.
A total of 2.674 million Kashmiris exercised their right to franchise yesterday to elect members for the PoK Legislative Assembly, which will be the ninth since the parliamentary form of government was introduced there in 1975. They see everything from the rear mirror. “Some people are trying to misguide the youth of Kashmir”, he hit out.
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The authorities chose to open schools in four districts of Ganderbal, Bandipora, Badgam and Baramulla on Thursday. During the recent protests, clashes between the Indian forces and Kashmiris left at least 48 people, mostly teenagers and young men, dead and more than 200 others critically wounded.
