NEW DELHI: Despite New Delhi's warning to Pakistan to keep out of India's internal affairs, Islamabad has once again raked up the Jammu and Kashmir issue and sought immediate end to the violence in the state.
Ignoring India's strong reaction to its comments on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who visited the All Parties Hurriyat Conference office in Islamabad to express condolences over the death of Kashmiri separatist leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz, regretted what he described as the excessive use of force by Indian security forces.
Qureshi said, "Pakistan regrets the excessive use of force by Indian security forces against the Kashmiri people and calls for an immediate end to violence in Jammu and Kashmir."
Qureshi also said that Pakistan calls for immediate steps to address the situation and prevent the human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir.
The statement came just a day after India strongly reacted to earlier comments by Pakistan on Jammu and Kashmir, terming these as clear interference in the country's internal affairs.
MEA Spokesman Navtej Sarna reacted to the statements made by Qureshi, who had earlier too reiterated that Pakistan condemned the excessive and unwarranted use of force against the people of Indian occupied Kashmir, saying it did not provide a suitable environment to sustain the peace process and address the long standing dispute of Jammu and Kashmir.
Source : Times Of India
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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