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India warns Pak to stay within limits
India completely and unequivocally rejected the decisions adopted by the Pakistan cabinet on the J & K situation, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday.
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This came after Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared slain Hizb-ul commander Burhan Wani as a “martyr” and said July 19 would be observed as ‘black day’ to express solidarity with people of Kashmir. “Continued glorification of terrorists belonging to proscribed terrorist organisations makes it amply clear where Pakistan’s sympathies continue to lie,” said a statement from the MEA.
“India asks Pakistan to desist from interfering in its internal affairs and destabilizing the situation in South Asia by supporting terrorism and other subversive acts. India is dismayed at continued attempts by Pakistan to interfere in its internal matters where Pakistan or any other external party has no locus standi,” the statement said.
Addressing a special cabinet meeting in Lahore to discuss the situation in Kashmir on Friday, Sharif had termed the “movement of Kashmiris as a movement of freedom”. “Pakistan would continue to extend moral, political and diplomatic support for Kashmiris in their just struggle for right to self-determination,” he had said.
“The Prime Minister termed Burhan Wani as martyr of independence movement,” Radio Pakistan reported. He said, “Indian brutalities will give impetus to the freedom struggle and Kashmiri people will get their right to self-determination for which the whole Pakistani nation is standing behind them.” Sharif had also directed all the relevant departments to highlight the Kashmir issue at international fora.
“Seven hundred thousand Indian soldiers deployed in Occupied Kashmir could not suppress the struggle of Kashmiris,” he said. On the proposal of Prime Minister Sharif, the cabinet decided that “Black Day will be observed on Tuesday (July 19).”
Pak seeks UN probe into Kashmir
Notwithstanding India’s sharp response, Pakistan has demanded a UN-backed independent and transparent inquiry into the ‘extra-judicial’ killings in Kashmir, terming the situation there a ‘grave threat to peace and security’.
Pakistan’s envoy to the UN Maleeha Lodhi met Under Secretary General Edmond Mullet, the Chef de Cabinet of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon here and pushed for the probe, according to a press release issued by the Pakistani Mission to the UN on Thursday.
“At the United Nations, Pakistan called for an independent and transparent inquiry into the extra judicial killings in Indian occupied Kashmir, calling the situation there a grave threat to peace and security,” it said.
It added that Lodhi briefed Mullet on the ‘atrocious brutality’ by Indian security forces in Kashmir and also raised in her meeting the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani, whom she described as ‘a popular Kashmiri youth leader’. Lodhi’s comments came a day after India hit back at Pakistan and accused Islamabad of not only pushing in terrorists but also fanning discontent within the valley by providing support to terrorist outfits.
Terming Wani’s killing as an ‘assassination’, Lodhi said his killing had set off widespread protests and the Indian forces were resorting to ‘heavy handed tactics’ including included firing on unarmed civilians. The release said Mullet told Lodhi that the UN Secretary General was concerned about the deteriorating situation in Kashmir and was ready to mediate peace talks between India and Pakistan provided the two neighbours accept his good offices.
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