“Nawaz Sharif said that, Kashmir will be their part, one day; but we want to tell them that this will never happen”, Swaraj said in a statement today. “Only services provided by the state-run telecommunications company, BSNL, are functional in many areas”.
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Singh also urged residents to refrain from violence in the disputed territory, which is divided between India and Pakistan but claimed in full by both.
“Blanket and indefinite suspensions of telecommunications services do not meet global human rights standards”.
India is “worried about the situation in Kashmir”, Singh told media representatives.
“Behind Pakistan’s unabashed embrace and encouragement to terrorism lies its delusional though risky dream that ‘Kashmir will one day become Pakistan, ‘” Swaraj said referring to a reported comment by Nawaz Sharif on Friday.
“A continued failure to address growing political alienation in Kashmir goes against the interests of the people of India”, they said.Registering its anguish, grief and sorrow over the painful loss of lives in the Valley in the current unrest, the NC condemned the PDP-BJP’s state Government’s “evident insensitivity and blatant inefficiency in dealing with this heart-rending situation”.
Aziz, however, said in a statement that “such a verdict on the future of Kashmir can only be given by the people of Kashmir and not by the External Affairs Minister of India”. “It will never come to reality”, she said insisting that “Jammu and Kashmir is India’s integral part [and] Pakistan will never be able to make it a terror-hell for Kashmiris”.
She had said that for India Burhan was a wanted terrorist.
“Its unsafe that Pakistan herself is spreading violence in Kashmir in name of terrorists like Hafiz Saeed & several United Nations banned terrorists”.
“I am anxious about the situation here, so is our prime minister”, Singh told reporters after meeting with business, government and other groups during the visit.
Kashmir’s largest anti-India street protests in recent years erupted after government forces killed a top rebel leader on July 8.
Accusing Pakistan of using fighter planes and artillery against millions of its own people, the minister said it has no right whatsoever to point a finger against fearless, professional and disciplined police and other security forces of India.
Swaraj also slammed Pakistan for portraying Burhan Wani as a marty and asked whether it doesn’t know that he is a terrorist.
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The meeting demanded ban on the use of pellet guns by the Indian troops in the held valley for dispersing people exercising their right to protest.
