Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi reiterated on Friday that India is resorting to continuous ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) to divert attention from its internal anarchy.
The statement came during a consultation meeting of former foreign secretaries in Islamabad, Radio Pakistan reported.
The participants of the meeting discussed the continued curfew and Indian aggression in the occupied valley as well as critical situation of peace and security in the region.
The foreign minister said Pakistan is and will continue exposing Indian brutalities in the held valley at every platform. “The fire which was sparked by the Modi government in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) on August 5 has now engulfed entire India,” he said.
In August this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had withdrawn the special rights granted to Indian-held Kashmir. Since then, there is a communication lockdown in the valley amid daily protests.
Qureshi says fire sparked by Modi regime in Kashmir on August 5 has now engulfed entire India
According to the foreign minister, India deprived the world of getting access to the ground realities in the occupied valley by imposing restrictions on the means of communications.
Commenting on the anti-Muslim citizenship law proposed by the Indian government, he said, “Today, the anti-Muslim and Hindutva-based thought of Modi government has divided entire India.”
Indian authorities stepped up security in major cities on Friday and mobile data services were suspended in some places ahead of protests against a new citizenship law.
At least 25 people were killed in protests across Indian since the law, seen as discriminatory towards Muslims, was adopted on December 11. The backlash against the law pushed through parliament by the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the biggest challenge he has faced since he was first elected in 2014. Violence peaked last Friday as police clashed with protesters in several cities, especially in Uttar Pradesh state, after weekly Muslim prayers and more protests are expected this week.
