Amid escalating tension between New Delhi and Islamabad over the ongoing violence in the Kashmir Valley, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said August 16 here that going to Pakistan was the same as going to hell.
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Baloch concluded the BNM’s statement with the hope that the United States and Europe will join Prime Minister Modi in holding Pakistan accountable for the war crimes it has committed against the Baloch Nation during the 68 years of its occupation.
India in an abortive attempt to divert the world attention from the brutal acts of the occupying Indian forces in Held Kashmir had been sponsoring subversive activities in Pakistan, he remarked. “Is it not a departure from that”, the Congressman asked in an interview hours after Modi’s speech.
“Modi should first stand accountable to the global community for unending and perpetual atrocities against Kashmiris, Muslims and Dalits in Kashmir and in India”, said Bilawal, chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
“You all know what happened last time”, a highly placed sources said, referring to Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s last month visit to Islamabad on a similar SAARC conference. “Balochistan is an integral part of a democratic Pakistan and follies of a dictator can not empower the Indian Prime Minister to speak on our internal issues”, he said.
“We’re aware of the clashes”, said US State Department Press Office Director Elizabeth Trudeau during the daily news briefing. “People of Balochistan are loyal and patriotic… they love Pakistan and will never support the nefarious designs of the country’s enemies”, he said.
“Pakistan has lost the golden opportunity given by India to walk along on the path of peace. Going to Pakistan and going to hell is the same”. “They will oppose any such conspiracy which can lead to division”, the spokesman said.
He asked whether the government would take it up now either in bilateral dialogue or at another worldwide forum.
India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday told a rally that “going to Pakistan is the same as going to hell”.
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Surjewala said the Prime Minister should immediately take stock of the alarming situation in Kashmir and provide the much required healing touch.
