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Rallies, anti-India slogans over Modi’s statement in Balochistan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his annual Independence Day speech Monday to accuse Pakistan of glorifying terrorism.

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“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.

Also, Brahumdagh Bugti, president of the Baloch Republican Party has thanked Modi for his statement on Balochistan and hopes that the entire Indian nation would raise its voice for the Baloch nation and help them in the Baloch independence movement.

Even as the Kashmir valley continued to witness deaths of security personnel and civilians, matters took an interesting turn when Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked Balochistan and Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

“I wouldn’t speak to Mr Modi’s comments, that would be for him to speak to”, Trudeau said.

He said Nawaz Sharif strongly pleaded the cause of Kashmir during General Assembly session past year and he would raise the issue again.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein today expressed grave concern about recent allegations of serious human rights violations in India’s Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan’s Kashmir regions. Earlier, a police officer was killed and nine others were injured after being attacked by a group of separatist militants, two of whom were killed during the clash.

To another question about India’s attaching conditions for dialogue, the spokesman said Pakistan wants to focus on Kashmir.

“Problem is that the terrorism issue has become so central to the relationship that it makes the relationship hard to grow”, Jaishankar said in his address at the Foreign Correspondents Club here.

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Hours later, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar hit out at Islamabad, saying India’s efforts to have “closer and broader” cooperation in South Asia faced roadblocks due to the “unique challenge” from Pakistan which “uses terrorism as an instrument of state policy”.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he delivers his Independence Day speech from The Red Fort in New Delhi