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 Sunday (July 24), India’s home affairs minister Rajnath Singh said the Indian government had asked its security forces to exercise restraint in responding to protests in disputed Kashmir and replace pellet guns with non-lethal weapons.
These terrorists, he said, are being trained in Pakistan and sent to India.
Kashmir valley is slowly limping back to normalcy after a curfew was lifted on all parts of Kashmir except Anantnag.
During his stay in Pakistan, the minister will be representing India at the 7th meeting of SAARC ministers of Interior/Home, but there is no bilateral meeting scheduled with his Pakistani counterpart, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said. Also a junior union minister in a way even appeared modifying the text of 22nd February 1994 parliament resolution when a news appeared in the media sourced in PTI quoting him as having said on 16th July 2016.
The United States has expressed concerns over the recent unrest in Kashmir and called on “all sides” to make efforts to find a peaceful solution to the issue.
The two countries have fought three wars – in 1948, 1965 and 1971 – since they were partitioned in 1947, two of which were fought over Kashmir. “The agencies will throw money to buy the people’s sentiments but we have to defeat their plans and carry on the mission of our martyrs”, he said.
More particularly after 1990 the new “considering” generations are more exposed to outside world and opinions and so far the environments have been nursed more to disadvantage of Indian interests.
“I am now a scholar in the U.S., not a lobbyist, ” Haqqani’s statement said.
Replying to a question that elaborated India has been involved in human rights violation not only in Kashmir but also in its own country where Muslims and other minority groups were being humiliated and tortured openly, Kirby maintained that protecting citizens is government’s job.
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(Web Desk) – Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir have continued on 23rd day as more than 60 people have been killed after the martyrdom of Burhan Wani and thousands of people have been injured in the battle with the Indian forces, reported on Saturday.
