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Huge anti-Pak protests in PoK, violence erupts
Islamabad, Oct 24:
This is from an Indian publication, naturally. We won't see it appearing in the Pakistainian press unless there are a significant number of casualties, which'll be the fault of RAW catspaws. But it looks like even though the actual Pandits have been chased out, there still remains a residuum of Kashmir local pride, if not actual nationalism. Presumably it's something the Indos will be nurturing and even financing, and rightly so. It'll tend to grow the more India develops and leaves Pakistain in the Islamic dust.
Kashmir's a complicated subject, possibly beyond my increasingly feeble understanding. But it doesn't take much in the way of rocket surgery to consider disguising the Mighty Pak Army as "uncontrollable" tribals and unleashing them on J&K -- which woulda required a cross-country trek and a fragile supply chain -- as a really cheap and cynical operation. About on the level we've come to expect from the Pakistainian government, in fact. |
Kashmiris from all walks of life observed a "Black Day" in Pakistan Kashmir, including capital Muzaffarabad, on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of the invasion of the area by Pakistani army men disguised as tribesmen from the North West Frontier of Province (NWFP), known as the Lashkars.
A large number of people, carrying black flags and protest placards, participated in demonstrations held in various parts of Pakistan Kashmir.
Among the participants were Arif Shahid, the general secretary of the All Party National Alliance (APNA), Baltistan National Front leader Nawaz Khan Naji and Abdul Hamid Khan, the Chairman of Balawaristan National Front, besides others.
So vociferous were the protests by the almost 800-odd participants, that security forces deployed to ensure maintenance of law and order, had to use teargas shells and firing in the air to disperse them.
Posted by: john frum 2009-10-24 |
