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Pak Foreign Office says Chidambaram's Kashmir statement highly irresponsible | Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned Indian Home Minister
P. Chidambaram's comments that Islamabad was playing a role in instigating the Kashmiri population to commit acts of violence. Describing the statement as highly
irresponsible and indicative of New Delhi not being serious about solving the
Kashmir issue, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said instead of passing
such statements, India should focus on halting and investigating the human rights
abuse taking place in Indian-administered Kashmir . Basit also said that while
Pakistan was trying to continue a dialogue and find a solution, India was making
the situation more difficult. Until a solution for the Kashmir issue was not found,
Pakistan would continue giving the Kashmiri people diplomatic and moral support,
he said. It maybe recalled that on Friday (August 6) Chidambaram had agreed with
the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that Pakistan appeared to have changed
its strategy by fomenting more civilian unrest rather than the militant activities.
" Pakistan appears to have altered its strategy...It is possible there is altered
strategy. It is possible they believe on relying on civilian unrest that would
pay dividends," he told Rajya Sabha (the Upper House of the Indian Parliament),
responding to clarifications sought on his statement on Kashmir unrest made on
Wednesday. He was referring to the spate of stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir
that are being witnessed for the last two months. Chidambaram's statement came
after leader of Opposition in the house, Arun Jaitley, said there was a "significant
change in the strategy" by Pakistan 's ISI and various agencies across the border.
Earlier, in a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, an NDA delegation led
by senior BJP leader LK Advani said the separatists, at the behest of Pakistan
, had "adopted an alternative strategy". "They ( Pakistan ) have realized that
the global acceptability of acts of terror has ceased to exist. They are also
aware that India 's patriotic and professional security forces can repel such
terrorists and insurgency linked sabotage, blast and violence," the memorandum
said. "Their strategy is to convince the world about the so-called justness of
Kashmir 's cause," it said, adding the separatists are getting instructions from
across the border. |
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