NEW YORK: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the Indian government should have probed into the Uri incident in Indian-held Kashmir before blaming Pakistan for it.
“An enquiry or investigation should have been held into the incident. Probe into such incidents take several days or weeks. Can you reach to conclusion within 10 to 12 hours? Doing this within no time has caused doubts in every mind,” the prime minister said talking to the newsmen.
He said the government was successfully meeting all three challenges, including power crisis, economic revival and the elimination of terrorism from the country.
Separately, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for the resolution of Kashmir dispute through talks during his meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, according to a UN statement.
“The Secretary-General stressed the need for Pakistan and India to address their outstanding issues, including Kashmir, through dialogue in the interest of both countries and the region as a whole,” the statement said after the PM’s meeting with the UN chief on the margins of the 71st session of the General Assembly.
“The Secretary-General expressed appreciation to Pakistan for its hosting of one of the largest groups of refugees for decades,” the statement said, referring to the millions of Afghan refugees in the country.
Meanwhile, a press release issued by the Pakistan mission to the UN said that during the meeting Nawaz handed over a dossier of the Indian state atrocities on the innocent Kashmiris to the UN secretary-general.
The prime minister showed to the secretary-general pictures of the innocent and defenceless people of Indian-held Kashmir, who have suffered brutal use of force and atrocities at the state level, it said.
“The UN secretary-general expressed his shock while seeing the pictures of the victims of pellets being used by Indian occupying forces,” according to the press release.
The prime minister, it said, thanked Ban for his “strong and supportive statements” on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
He apprised the secretary-general of the gross human rights violations being committed by India that have resulted in over 100 deaths.
“The indiscriminate use of pellet guns, which have blinded hundreds including women and children, is reflective of the inhuman and barbaric mindset of the Indian security forces.”
The prime minister also apprised Ban Ki-moon of the plight of the Kashmiris, who have been victims of Indian brutality that continue unabated.
