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'If this is how India behaves with its own, what expectation can Pakistan have?' asks FM Qureshi
[DAWN] Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood WormtongueQureshi  ...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached... on Saturday drew attention to the increasingly apparent divisions within India after an 11-member contingent of its opposition parties was prevented from visiting Srinagar, questioning what can realistically be expected in terms of a dialogue over the disputed territory of Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... "This is the true face of the Indian government which the world is witnessing today," said the foreign minister as he addressed a presser in Islamabad. "Today the fascist  ...anybody you disagree with, damn them...attitude of the Modi administration was demonstrated at the Srinagar airport," he said, referring to the former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders being barred from entering Srinagar shortly after they landed. "I call upon democratic nations of the world to view that footage [of the airport]. When they treat their own this way, what expectation can we [Pakistain] have from holding a dialogue with them?" said Qureshi. Related: Shah Mahmood Qureshi: 2019-08-14 'Muslim Pakistan Prime Minister Compares India Prime Minister To Nazis, Hitler Shah Mahmood Qureshi: 2019-08-08 Revocation of #Kashmir’s special status is a ‘unilateral and unjust’ move that will jeopardize regional peace, sez Pakistani FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi Shah Mahmood Qureshi: 2019-02-19 Pakistan urges U.N. to intervene over Kashmir tension with India Related: Srinagar: 2019-08-23 'We won't give an inch': India faces defiance in 'Kashmir's Gaza' Srinagar: 2019-08-21 Authorities make more arrests in Indian Kashmir to deter protests Srinagar: 2019-08-18 50,000 landline phones restored in Kashmir, schools to reopen Monday Related: Rahul Gandhi: 2019-08-12 India promises easing of restrictions, food for occupied Kashmir residents for Eidul Azha Rahul Gandhi: 2019-07-04 Rahul Gandhi, leader of India’s opposition Congress party, said he had asked party bosses to find a successor Rahul Gandhi: 2019-06-02 Sonia Gandhi elected leader of Congress lawmakers in Lok Sabha Posted by: Fred 2019-08-25 |
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