“The Indian Prime Minister’s statement on Balochistan is a positive development”, Baloch said.
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Dilshad Baloch further said the Pakistani army, with the help of the government, is conducting genocide against the Baloch people.
Police say three people have been killed in troubled Indian Kashmir as hundreds clashed with government troops during anti-India protests.
Mumbai, Aug. 16 (ANI): Criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for referring Balochistan and missing Jammu and Kashmir in his address on the occasion of nation’s 70th Independence Day, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday said that he has created an unnecessary controversy and has given an opportunity to Pakistan to falsely claim now that India has an evil eye on Balochistan. “I am grateful to them”, Modi said during his Independence Day speech.
Another state-run news outlet, the People’s Daily which published photos of Chinese and Pakistani troops patrolling together for the first time in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir last month referred to the area as China-Pakistan border. Pakistan is doing some atrocities to Balochistan, then the U.S.is doing something in Iraq and England is doing something in Libya and any other country, we are not concerned.
China is “unlikely” to give up on the Dollars 46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor being built through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir despite India’s protests, but it may not be interested in taking sides in the Kashmir dispute due to close economic ties with both nations, state-run media said today.
“This is the example of our humanitarian approach, but there are some countries who glorify terrorists”.
India’s sharp reaction came after it received a note verbale from Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry on Friday proposing to send supplies to Jammu and Kashmir.
Naqvi said that when the people of Balochistan welcomed Prime Minister Modi’s statement, it is hard to comprehend why is the Congress opposing his speech.
Significantly, the article uses the term “Pakistan-occupied Kashmir” (PoK) twice even though at one place it makes the mention attributing it to Indian media reports.
Basit made the comments at an event at the Pakistan High Commission to celebrate his country’s Independence Day. “What sort of terror-inspired government is that, the whole world knows about it”, he added.
Patil adds that with the calculated move of clubbing PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan together, Modi has sought to shed light on all the separatist movements in Pakistan and ensured that Pakistan can’t point to the speech as “proof” of India’s alleged involvement in Balochistan. Indian government, however, described the elections as an attempt to “camouflage its forcible and illegal occupation” of the regions which are an integral part of India. Sibal, however, said Modi will have to carefully weigh his options.
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For years, Pakistan has been blaming India for insurgency in Balochistan. India will be represented by Finance Secretary Shashikant Das at the regional summit, reports suggested.
