India Urges Pakistan to Dismantle Terror Infrastructure, Dismisses PoK Polls as “Complete Farce”
New Delhi said 90 civilians have been killed since June and accused Pakistani authorities of using force and blackouts to suppress dissent.
- On Tuesday, India dismissed local elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as a "complete farce," arguing the voting process cannot mask the Pakistani establishment's ongoing crackdown that has killed at least 90 civilians since June.
- Massive protests have roiled Pakistan-occupied Kashmir since last month over high living costs and administrative apathy; the Pakistani Establishment has responded with a security crackdown involving bullets, blackouts, and intimidation.
- Elections for 45 contesting seats in the 53-seat legislative assembly conclude August 10. Authorities reported the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz won nine of 13 seats in the first phase amid allegations of mass rigging.
- The MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal reiterated the Indus Waters Treaty will remain in abeyance until Pakistan irrevocably abjures support for cross-border terrorism, linking the treaty's future to security concerns.
- India urged the international community to hold Pakistan accountable, stating the world should see through the "flimsy veneer" of human rights lecturing while the country manufactures legitimacy through hollow electoral exercises.
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National Conference MP Chaudhary Mohammad Ramzan's statement regarding PoK has sparked a political controversy. He stated that PoK is a separate country and India has nothing to do with it. His statement comes at a time when India is constantly raising questions about violence, protests, elections, and Pakistani actions in PoK.
India urges Pakistan to dismantle terror infrastructure, dismisses PoK polls as “complete farce”
New Delhi, Aug 4: India on Tuesday renewed its call on Pakistan to take decisive action against cross-border terrorism and rejected the second phase of local elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), describing the exercise as a "complete farce". Responding to a question during the Ministry of External Affairs' (MEA) bi-weekly media briefing on a video circulated by a militant group blaming India for the killing of some of its commanders, ME…
PoK Local Polls A 'Farce', Says MEA; Crackdown Cannot Be Hidden By Elections
India has rejected local elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as a "farce", alleging Pakistan's crackdown on protesters has killed at least 90 civilians since June while reiterating its stand on the Indus Waters Treaty.
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