Surjewala slammed Sharif and said, “Pakistan must abandon terrorism as its state policy”. At this stage, one can not rule out an expected decision by Prime Minister Modi to skip the summit.
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There is now a clamour to use the pact to bring the neighbour to mend its ways after the Uri attack proved Pakistan is both unable and unwilling to stop its territory being used by terrorists against India. “The person, who has strength”, said Parrikar, “usually makes less noise”.
Calls for a military response have increased since the Uri attack, particularly from some politicians within Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
The South Asian nations’ dispute over Kashmir is a perennial topic at the annual gathering of world leaders, but most countries now favor settling the dispute by India and Pakistan through direct talks.
However, he added that U.S. will continue to build pressure on Pakistan with regard to Indian allegations of cross-border infiltration, accusations that would be echoed by the Afghan leadership.
By “core constituency” the Express means the hawkish anti-Pakistan and anti-Muslim Hindu right, including the fascistic RSS, which supplies a large part of the BJP cadre. Ambassador Sial is a senior diplomat and nominee of the government of Pakistan as the next Secretary General of Saarc.
Pakistan’s Dawn News reported that China endorses Pakistan’s stance on Kashmir and Li had assured that China would continue to support Pakistan’s stance on Kashmir.
The Foreign Office spokesperson was not available for comments.
On the other hand, Kashmiris living in America have made a decision to hold a peaceful protest outside the United Nations building in NY on 26th September, the day when Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj is scheduled to address the General Assembly.
He said Sharif ‘s speech only proved that Pakistan was a “renegade state” and a product of global terror.
Significantly, in an appeal to Washington, the traditional patron of the Pakistani bourgeoisie and military, Sharif touted the brutal war the Pakistani Army has waged in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in support of the United States occupation of Afghanistan as “the largest, most robust and most successful antiterrorism campaign anywhere in the world, deploying 200,000 of our security forces”. India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over control of Kashmir since they won independence from British colonialists in 1947. “Pakistan would not digest any aggression from India”.
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Under the treaty, the waters of the eastern rivers have been allocated to India and New Delhi is under obligation to let the waters of the western rivers flow, except for certain consumptive use, with Pakistan getting 80% of the water. During the Cold War when Pakistan was its principal ally in the region, it encouraged Islamabad in pursuing its rivalry with India.
