Imran again warns AJK people against crossing LoC – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday warned the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) not to cross the Control Line (LoC) to support the struggle of the Kashmir people in India who have faced a blockade unprecedented in the past. two months.

"I understand the anguish of cashmere in the AJK (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) to see their fellow cashmere in IOJK (Jammu and Kashmir occupied by India) under an inhuman curfew for more than 2 months," said the prime minister in a tweet "But anyone who crosses the LoC from the AJK to provide humanitarian aid or support to the Kashmir struggle will play in the hands of the Indian narrative," he added.

The Indian story, Prime Minister Khan explained, was aimed at diverting the world's attention from the indigenous struggle of the cashmere against the brutal Indian occupation by trying to label it as "Islamic terrorism" driven by Pakistan.

"That [crossing the LoC] it will give India an excuse to increase the violent oppression of cashmere in IOJK and attack through the LoC, "he warned.

The prime minister's advice comes one day after thousands of cashmerers charged with emotions from different parts of AJK demonstrated in Muzaffarabad in the call of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) in favor of independence to show solidarity with the besieged Kashmir in the hands of India and More than a week after Pakistan declared "completely" unfounded the accusations of India that hundreds of militants waited to "infiltrate" Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed Himalayan region.

FO rejects India's comments on the prime minister's speech, the situation in Kashmir

The head of the Indian army, General Bipin Rawat, claimed that the "terror camps" that the Indian air force had destroyed earlier this year in a cross-border attack in the Pakistani city of Balakot had been reactivated. The general also said that "at least 500 people" from these camps were waiting to infiltrate the disputed Kashmir region.

The comments had been denounced by the civil and military leaders of Pakistan. The Foreign Ministry spokesman said it was "a desperate attempt" by India to divert international attention from the humanitarian nightmare … perpetrated by Indian occupation forces "in Kashmir detained. In a separate statement, the army Pakistani warned that the unfounded accusations of India could be a ploy for a false flag operation "which, if attempted, will have serious consequences for regional peace." The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India in a statement criticized the leaders of Turkey and Malaysia for their statements "biased and incorrect" about the situation in Kashmir.

However, Pakistan rejected comments made by the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India. “Exposing the atrocious behavior of India and the state terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir occupied by India is part of our international obligations and our moral responsibility towards the victims of Indian repression in Kashmir. If India feels provoked, it is only because India is not willing to face the truth about its indefensible actions that are driven by the toxic mix of an extremist ideology and hegemonic ambitions, "said the spokesman for the Pakistan Foreign Office (FO ).

"Equally reprehensible are the claims of India to become a" normal "country. The international community would like to ask which normal country cages eight million people in an inhuman confinement for more than two months and deceives the world by claiming that" everything is "Likewise, what normal country provides space and political sponsorship to the perpetrators of mafia lynchings by cow watchers and disgusting schemes such as gharwapsi and love jihad?"

“It would be advisable for India to maintain its conferences on diplomacy and normality for itself. All we would like to emphasize is: "Doctor, heal yourself!" He said.

While addressing a large public meeting in Muzaffarabad last month, Prime Minister Khan had asked the people of AJK that he was eager to cross the LoC to wait until his next call and until he fought the Kashmir case in the next session of the United Nations General Assembly. "Many of you want to cross the LoC, but wait until I ask you to move forward and until you tell the world the horrible history of oppression in occupied Indian Kashmir," he added.

Tensions have increased between India and Pakistan since August 5, when New Delhi abolished constitutional autonomy for occupied Kashmir. Since then, the authorities also placed the only Muslim majority state in India under curfew restrictions in the middle of a communications blackout. The Indian government deployed thousands more troops in the region already heavily militarized to quell possible dissent. It also cut internet access, put politicians under house arrest and closed schools.

While defending the case of the Kashmir people in India at the UN General Assembly more than a week ago, Prime Minister Imran Khan said the Modi Hindu nationalist government imposed a radical military curfew and isolated the residents of the Muslim majority region of virtually all communications He said there were 900,000 Indian forces in the region that guarded eight million cashmere. "What will you do when you raise the curfew? Do you think the people of Kashmir will silently accept the status quo?" Mr. Khan questioned.

“What will happen when the curfew is lifted will be a bloodbath. They will be outside in the streets. And what will the soldiers do? They will be shot. … Kashmir will be further radicalized, "he warned.

He said any war between armed nuclear rivals could "have consequences for the world." The Prime Minister of India took the opposite approach, omitting any mention in the United Nations of the repression of his government in the disputed Kashmir region.

“When a country with nuclear weapons fights to the end, it will have consequences far beyond borders. It will have consequences for the world, ”said Prime Minister Khan. "That is not a threat," he said of his war comments. "It's a fair concern. Where are we going?"

Posted in Dawn, October 6, 2019