Pakistan to continue political,diplomatic and moral support to the Kashmiris
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Islamabad
Federal Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that Pakistan armed forces would respond with full force if India tried to carry out any surgical strikes inside Pakistan.
He was speaking on a motion moved by Sehar Kamran regarding the situation arising out of the continuing Indian violations of the Line of Control and ceasefire on the Working Boundary, which has resulted in the loss of precious lives of Pakistanis.
Defence inister said that Pakistan will continue political, diplomatic and moral support to the Kashmiris in their just struggle for right to self-determination. The Minister said the India is making failed attempts to link the Kashmir freedom movement with cross border infiltration and terrorism. He said India’s this campaign has failed at the diplomatic fronts.
Khawaja Asif said India is also afraid of Pakistan’s success in fight against terrorism. He said Pakistan’s success has been recognized by the world and world bodies. He said the valiant armed forces of the country have successfully eliminated the terrorists and their sanctuaries from the country.
He said that India carried out 330 ceasefire violations including 290 violations on Line of Control and 40 on the Working Boundaries till December last. He said 45 civilians were martyred and 138 injured in these violations. He said the frequency of the violations have been reduced after December.The Defence Minister said the violations were effectively responded by the armed forces of the country. He said these violations were reported to United Nations Military Observer Group at the Line of Control and Working Boundaries to appraise the UN for investigations. He said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also raised the issue at the diplomatic and bilateral levels.
The minister said, if India dared to carry out surgical strike inside Pakistan; after befitting response she will forget even claiming any fake and false strikes. He said that India had also claimed to carry out surgical strikes in recent past but this claims was found baseless and false. Earlier, speaking on the motion, Sehar Kamran said since assuming the office, India premier Modi adopted an aggressive policy against Pakistan.
She said India did not want peace in the region and always trying to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in the region. She said the UN observers should take serious notice of Indian unprovoked firing on innocent people.
Gen (r) Abdul Qayyum said that India wanted to divert attention of its people from internal situation of the country. India losses were more than our, he added. Tahir Hussain Mashhadi said it was a matter of Hindu fundamentalism and India wants to be an American police of Asia.
He said time has come to expose Indian real face before the international community. India was also involved in such violations with other neighbouring countries including Nepal and Bangladesh, he added. He said killing of the innocent people was leading towards instability in the region. However, two bills were introduced in the Senate on Monday.
“The Pakistan Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, 2016” was moved by Siraj-ul-Haq. It provides to amend the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860. “The Ehtram-e-Ramazan (Amendment) Bill, 2017” was moved by Chaudhry Tanvir Khan. It deals to amend the Ehtram-e-Ramazan Ordinance, 1981”.
The chair referred the bills to the concerned committees of the House. The Senate on Monday passed a resolution unanimously strongly condemning the statement of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attributing terrorism to Pakistan and drawing a parallel between India and Israel evoking a parallel between Kashmir and Palestine, during the recently held BRICS Summit in Goa, India.
