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Zahid Rabbani
India is playing never-ending foul games. To begin with, it is using the ploy of terrorism to undermine the legitimate struggle for self-determination of the Kashmiri people and escape International criticism of its widespread atrocities and human rights violations in IIOJK.
Modi-led BJP Hindutva regime in India is continuously deteriorating the situation through its illegal actions to change the dynamics of the Kashmir issue through unilateral actions including revoking Kashmir’s special status under the Indian constitution, demographic changes, and other administrative measures.
India must halt its state terrorism, stop human rights violations, release all Kashmiri leaders detained on fake charges, and lift the inhumane military siege of the valley.
Kashmir is a long-standing and core dispute between Pakistan and India, in addition to other numerous issues, which is persistently bleeding over the past seven decades. India disturbed the normal working environment in August 2019 and the onus is therefore on India to create a conducive environment for positive engagement between the two countries.
India is a state sponsor of terrorism and it has no locus standi to finger out Pakistan on the issue. Pakistan’s position regarding friendly cooperative relations with neighbors including India, and the need for a result-oriented and meaningful dialogue, which can lead to progress on outstanding issues, particularly the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, is very clear.
Secondly, India has blocked the Twitter accounts of Pakistani embassies in several locations. India has withheld access to the Twitter handles of Pakistan’s embassies in Iran, Turkey, Egypt, and the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.
In a statement, Foreign Office urged Twitter to immediately restore access to the Pakistan missions’ accounts and ensure adherence to democratic freedoms of speech and expression. “Diminishing space for a plurality of voices and access to information in India is extremely alarming. Social media platforms must abide by applicable international norms,” it said.
Thirdly, India obstructed Pakistan’s participation in a conference hosted by China. Pakistan’s absence from the High-level Dialogue on Global Development on the sidelines of the BRICS summit prompted speculations about the reasons for not being invited to the multilateral event.
Foreign Office, while clarifying the situation said, “Regrettably one member blocked Pakistan’s participation.” The Foreign Office did not name any country, but a diplomatic source in the background confirmed that it was India.
Besides the five members of BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — the event held in a virtual format was participated by Algeria, Argentina, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Senegal, Uzbekistan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Pakistan’s absence was significant because this event is being seen as the first step towards the expected expansion of BRICS. Pakistan expressed the hope that principles of inclusivity would be observed at future events of the organization in view of the overall interests of the developing world. He cautioned against taking such a decision because of narrow geopolitical considerations.
The Indian nasty games do not end here. Fourthly, India has decided to host the meetings of the G20 in the disputed region of India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK) next year.
A statement issued by the Foreign Office condemned the neighboring country’s plans, stressing that occupied Kashmir was an internationally recognized disputed territory between Pakistan and India.
The territory has been under forcible and illegal occupation of India since 1947 and this dispute has remained on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council for over seven decades.
The FO observed that contemplating the holding of any G20-related event in occupied Kashmir was in utter disregard of the globally acknowledged disputed status of the territory and the international community would not accept it under any circumstances. Pakistan expects the G20 members will reject it.
