It must be noted that situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) has gone from bad to worse since ruthless killing of Kashmiri leader Burhan Wani on July 8.
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Police extended a curfew in parts of the Muslim-majority territory for a 35th day on Friday and mobile telephone networks were suspended from late on Thursday due to worries about fresh violence following Friday prayers.
Foreign Office on Thursday asserted that involvement of “foreign elements” in Quetta terrorist attack can not be ruled out, saying that the confessional statement by the arrested RAW agent Kulbhushan Yadav vindicates Pakistan’s stance about India’s involvement in terrorist activities in Balochistan and Karachi. It is an open fact that India is scared of conducting referendum in Kashmir.
To another question, he said that Pakistani authorities have also elaborated on the point of foreign hand and foreign soil being used to perpetrate terrorist activities in Pakistan. Both countries still lay claim to the half of Kashmir they do not control.
Modi essentially reiterated what his regime has been saying all along: that Kashmiri people believe in the Indian democracy and it’s only cross-border terrorism that is responsible for the ongoing unrest in the valley. “Cross-border terrorism is the root cause of unrest in Kashmir”.
Despite Opposition pressure to begin the dialogue process with all stakeholders in Kashmir, the government indicated that it was not in a hurry and would do so after taking feedback from Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and when things have normalised to some extent. Such rhetoric has further aggravated relations with India.
Aziz also said that Pakistan is prepared to consider translating unilateral moratorium into a bilateral arrangement with India on non-testing of nuclear weapons.
The Union Home Minister had categorically ruled out any discussion with Islamabad on Jammu and Kashmir. However, he made it clear that there can not be any compromise with the nation’s integrity. This includes connecting the Kashmiri youth with the economic development in the valley by creating opportunities.
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Realists know that the only policy with a chance of success is something like a proposal in 2004 by Pervez Musharraf, a former military dictator. “The Home Minister was in Kashmir for two days”. Mr Sharif would like nothing better. The Prime Minister said. Because Pakistan has been trying to internationalise Kashmir, Mr Modi spoke of internal matters of Pakistan as a tit-for-tat gesture – the awful state of affairs and human rights violations in Balochistan and Sindh, and government violence in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
