Saubhadra Chatterji and Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi|
Updated: Aug 12, 2016 23:17 IST
The time has come to expose Pakistan’s brutalities in Balochistan and Pak-occupied Kashmir (Azad Kashmir), Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, blaming cross-border terrorism for a violent phase in Kashmir that has left nearly 60 people dead since July
“Pakistan has forgotten that it bombards its own citizens from fighter planes,” Modi said in an apparent reference to Islamabad’s allegation of excesses by Indian security forces battling violent mobs in Kashmir since the killing of a Hizbul commander on July 8.
A section in the Indian establishment favours a counter-offensive by New Delhi over human rights violations in Azad Kashmir and Balochistan, where Pakistan’s security forces are accused of extra-judicial killings in a crackdown on groups seeking greater autonomy for the resource-rich province.
Modi said the government will reach out to the Valley but added that Jammu, Ladakh and Azad Kashmir should also be talked about in the same breath when discussing Kashmir, underlining the government’s approach of taking care of the entire state and not just one region.
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