...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan has said that Pakistain and AJK will not allow India to link the Kashmiri movement for freedom with terrorism.
"We will stay alert to ensure that India does not succeed in doing so," Mr Haider said at a Tuesday night news briefing at the Pakistain Embassy in Washington. "There’s no room for terrorism in our peaceful struggle."
| Then his lips fell off. |
Mr Haider, who is currently visiting Washington to brief US officials and think-tank experts on the current situation in Kashmir, also highlighted the need for continuing a peaceful struggle for Kashmir in his address to the Pak and Kashmiri communities.
"We have a higher moral ground as the Indians are committing unprecedented atrocities in Kashmir," he said while responding to a question at his news conference. "If we also employ violent tactics, people will say both are bad. We don’t want to do that.
We will stand guard to ensure it does not happen," he said.
"Nothing is more effective than a peaceful struggle for freedom," he added. "Either we will perish or free ourselves from the Indian occupation." Asked how the people of Kashmir would react once the curfew is lifted, Mr. Haider said: "The whole world will see how upset they are. The longer the siege, the angrier they will get."