Kashmir, a Muslim-majority Himalayan region, is held by India and Pakistan in parts and claimed by both in full.
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On Friday, chief minister of India-held Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti regretted Mr Wani’s death, saying that had she known he was “trapped in an encounter” with Indian forces, she would have given him “a chance”.
IN its latest conspiracy theory regarding the Kashmir issue, Pakistan has blamed Indian employees of social networking giant Facebook for taking down content supporting and praising slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.
Jama’at-e-Islami Pakistan chief addressing the rally.
“JI will launch an Azadi March scheduled from Lahore to Wagha border on Sunday (today), led by Sirajul Haq, in connection with JI’s Kashmir solidarity movement”, Baloch announced.
Amid escalating tensions between two nuclear neighbors – India and Pakistan, India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh will travel to Islamabad next week to attend a two-day South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, local media reported Thursday. Pakistan says it provides only political and diplomatic support to Kashmiris. “The International Human Rights Commission must look into it”, he added.
He said that the Indian Army had rendered blind hundreds of Kashmiris with the pellet guns and if prompt medical help was not provided to the affected, this would be a big tragedy.
He appealed to Islamabad to use its influence at the global level and help resolve the Kashmir dispute.
Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State, Home Affairs, said that he wasn’t surprised with all that has been happening in PoK.
The last meeting of SAARC Interior/Home Ministers’ conference was held in Kathmandu in 2014 when the Home Minister had said that member-nations of the group were facing common challenges and they should cooperate with each other to address them. “Even the Pakistan Government had observed a Black Day in connection with his killing”, he said.
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India has asked Pakistan to stop its sponsorship of terrorist groups operating from its soil who have targeted India and fostered militancy in Jammu and Kashmir.
