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OIC concerned over violation of Pakistani airspace, Indian aggression

The OIC ministerial meeting that concluded on Saturday in Abu Dhabi expressed grave concern over violation of Pakistani airspace by India, affirmed Pakistan’s right to self-defence and urged India to refrain from the threat or use of force.

The OIC member states adopted a new resolution sponsored by Pakistan in the context of current volatile situation in the region, said a statement issued by the Foreign Office.

The resolution on regional peace and security in South Asia also welcomed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s renewed offer of dialogue to India and the goodwill gesture of handing over the captured Indian pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.
The resolution called for restraint and de-escalation as well as the need to resolve outstanding issues through peaceful means.

The OIC member states also reaffirmed their unwavering support for the Kashmiri people in their just cause.

In the resolution, adopted by the 46th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), the member states also reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir remains the core dispute between Pakistan and India and its resolution is indispensable for the dream for peace in South Asia.

The OIC resolution also condemned in the strongest terms recent wave of Indian terrorism in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and expressed deep concern over the atrocities and human rights violations in the IoK. It also reminded the international community of its obligation to ensure implementation of UN Security Council resolutions on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.

In another significant development, the OIC elected Pakistan as a member of its Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission from the Asian region, in acknowledgement of Pakistan’s constructive contribution to human rights discourse, norms and policies.

The OIC adopted two other resolutions sponsored by Pakistan on international disarmament and non-proliferation issues and reform of the UN Security Council.

The strong OIC support to the people of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir and the centrality of this core issue to regional peace is recognition of the key role that Pakistan plays as a founding OIC member.

It may be mentioned that Pakistan boycotted the plenary session of the 46th CFM at the Foreign Minister level due to presence of Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as a ‘guest of honour’.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1921734/1-oic-concerned-violation-pakistani-airspace-indian-aggression/
 
Ok this is huge humiliation for India. Called them as special guest and humiliated them by calling out Indian aggression in Kashmir. Pakistan representation wasn’t even there

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OIC concludes with a separate statement on Jammu and Kashmir, "condemns recent wave of Indian terrorism" in the state, "mass blinding of Kashmiris". Wonder if <a href="https://twitter.com/MEAIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MEAIndia</a> will respond, given EAM addressed the gathering just yesterday. <a href="https://t.co/C8smdVbvft">https://t.co/C8smdVbvft</a></p>— Suhasini Haidar (@suhasinih) <a href="https://twitter.com/suhasinih/status/1101866905827201024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OIC Statement on J&K also refers to "Indian occupied Kashmir" throughout. <a href="https://t.co/vwMJ0iS6QC">https://t.co/vwMJ0iS6QC</a></p>— Suhasini Haidar (@suhasinih) <a href="https://twitter.com/suhasinih/status/1101867670214008837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OIC in a separate statement on Kashmir has condemned recent wave of “Indian terrorism" in the state of Jamu & Kashmir. This is incredible given that Sushma Swaraj spoke in the OIC Summit yesterday & was specially invited as an Observer. This is quite a humiliation.</p>— Maria Memon (@Maria_Memon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Maria_Memon/status/1101870340987338752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OIC has condemned India for violating founding member Pakistan's territorial integrity and recognised its right to self defense while appreciating the goodwill gesture of returning the Pilot. UAE's FM slammed India for Human Rights violations in IoK.<a href="https://t.co/dFkZuz2htc">https://t.co/dFkZuz2htc</a></p>— Ibrahim Qazi &#55356;&#56821;&#55356;&#56816; (@miqazi) <a href="https://twitter.com/miqazi/status/1101885254695047168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OIC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OIC</a> member states reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir remains the core dispute between Pakistan and India and its resolution is indispensable for the dream for peace in South Asia, the FO said.<a href="https://t.co/4OIUB4Vw8f">https://t.co/4OIUB4Vw8f</a></p>— Dawn.com (@dawn_com) <a href="https://twitter.com/dawn_com/status/1101882727329087489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2019</a></blockquote>
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lol, India is that like that one kid that finally gets invited to a party and get humiliated.
 
They (Indian) say hum ghar mein ghuss kar marain ge. So OIC ne Ghar mein Ghusa ke maara :maqsood
 
The anti-istamlic bjp govt deserves this humiliation from the Muslim world.
 
The country of India and its people have been shown its place in every forum since the inception of this crisis. Absolutely shameless, so much for the chest thumping about getting invited to the OIC only to be humiliated at the end.

On a side note, if the OIC really cares about Kashmir, why not do something about it'?

Yaser Arafat on record has refused to support Pakistan on Kashmir
 
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A nice Punjabi slap on Sushma's face after she indirectly tried to have a go at Pak yesterday accusing us of the same. OIC must have woken up and seen that other then Pak the Turks and Iranians also told them to get lost. I am still no fan of this joke of an organisation. If they don't support any Pak cause openly then I don't give a damn about the Arab wars at all. Difference is that as recently proved we can defend ourselves very well, we don't need them.
 
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This is politics as usual. Pak is a major player and probably the only nuclear Islamic nation in OIC. Their absence yesterday was conspicuous. This is to pacify Pak. I see India's involvement in OIC deepening further though. India's presence with 200 mil Muslims gives it more legitimacy at the global stage. Also the oil hungry India was one of the main reasons why Swaraj was invited as a chief guest. I don't see these Dynamics changing anytime soon.
 
rhony said:
This is politics as usual. Pak is a major player and probably the only nuclear Islamic nation in OIC. Their absence yesterday was conspicuous. This is to pacify Pak. I see India's involvement in OIC deepening further though. India's presence with 200 mil Muslims gives it more legitimacy at the global stage. Also the oil hungry India was one of the main reasons why Swaraj was invited as a chief guest. I don't see these Dynamics changing anytime soon.
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Good. It will be fun to see India sitting on the backbench and getting humiliated by Pakistan during every meeting.
 
I mean what has India achieved diplomatically

The ICC has ignored their demands to kick Pakistan out of the WC

The Russians have not made a single anti Pakistan Statement

China is neutral

Saudi's refused to condemn Pakistan

India thumped its chest about being invited to the OIC only for the OIC to release this statement the next day and the Pak FM did not even attend

Lol, even Trump during this whole saga has not even made a single anti Pakistan comment.
 
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and is a matter strictly internal to India, NewDelhi said on Saturday after the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) criticised India on Kashmir in a resolution adopted by the influential grouping of 57 countries. The resolution came just a day after Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, as the guest of honour, called out "states which shelter terrorists".

In its first reaction to the resolution, India's Ministry of External Affairs said, "Our stand is consistent and well known. We reaffirm that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and is a matter strictly internal to India."

In a sharply-worded statement on Saturday, the OIC hit out at what it called "intensified Indian barbarities since July 2016" and "illegal detentions and disappearances" in Jammu and Kashmir.

On Friday, Ms Swaraj had urged the OIC to "act together" to combat global terrorism amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan triggered by the Pulwama terror attack last month. Though she did not name Pakistan in her 17-minute address, she said, "If we want to save humanity, we must tell the states who provide shelter and funding to terrorists, to dismantle the infrastructure of the terrorist camps and stop providing funding shelter and funding to the terror organisations based in that country."

She also said terrorism, which was destabilising regions and putting the world at great peril, was not against any religion. "Terrorism and extremism bear different names and labels. It uses diverse causes. But in each case, it is driven by distortion of religion, and a misguided belief in its power to succeed. The fight against terrorism is not a confrontation against any religion," Ms Swaraj said.

On Saturday, the OIC adopted a resolution on Kashmir, attacking India for "indiscriminate use of force against innocent Kashmiris" and also praised Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for sending back Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured after an aerial encounter on Wednesday.

In response, Pakistan's Foreign Office said that the OIC meeting of foreign ministers had concluded with a resolution that "supported" Pakistan on the Kashmir issue.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had skipped the meeting of foreign ministers because the OIC had invited Ms Swaraj to the event, sending junior officials to "represent the country's interests".

It was for the first time that India has been invited to an OIC meeting as guest of honour. Pakistan, a member of the OIC, tried to get Ms Swaraj ''disinvited'' from the Abu Dhabi meetfollowing India's air strike on a terror camp in Pakistan but its request was turned down.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/day...mic-nations-oic-slam-india-on-kashmir-2001785
 
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Bilal7 said:
Good. It will be fun to see India sitting on the backbench and getting humiliated by Pakistan during every meeting.
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It comes with risk. No doubt. But when you weigh in the reasons, it's easier to change the narrative on Kashmir when you have opportunity to speak. India will take it but will also be able to dish it. Also, for a country that is trying to be a global power, it needs to be part of groups like this.
 
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New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and is a matter strictly internal to India, NewDelhi said on Saturday after the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) criticised India on Kashmir in a resolution adopted by the influential grouping of 57 countries. The resolution came just a day after Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, as the guest of honour, called out "states which shelter terrorists".

In its first reaction to the resolution, India's Ministry of External Affairs said, "Our stand is consistent and well known. We reaffirm that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and is a matter strictly internal to India."

In a sharply-worded statement on Saturday, the OIC hit out at what it called "intensified Indian barbarities since July 2016" and "illegal detentions and disappearances" in Jammu and Kashmir.

On Friday, Ms Swaraj had urged the OIC to "act together" to combat global terrorism amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan triggered by the Pulwama terror attack last month. Though she did not name Pakistan in her 17-minute address, she said, "If we want to save humanity, we must tell the states who provide shelter and funding to terrorists, to dismantle the infrastructure of the terrorist camps and stop providing funding shelter and funding to the terror organisations based in that country."

She also said terrorism, which was destabilising regions and putting the world at great peril, was not against any religion. "Terrorism and extremism bear different names and labels. It uses diverse causes. But in each case, it is driven by distortion of religion, and a misguided belief in its power to succeed. The fight against terrorism is not a confrontation against any religion," Ms Swaraj said.

On Saturday, the OIC adopted a resolution on Kashmir, attacking India for "indiscriminate use of force against innocent Kashmiris" and also praised Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for sending back Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured after an aerial encounter on Wednesday.

In response, Pakistan's Foreign Office said that the OIC meeting of foreign ministers had concluded with a resolution that "supported" Pakistan on the Kashmir issue.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had skipped the meeting of foreign ministers because the OIC had invited Ms Swaraj to the event, sending junior officials to "represent the country's interests".

It was for the first time that India has been invited to an OIC meeting as guest of honour. Pakistan, a member of the OIC, tried to get Ms Swaraj ''disinvited'' from the Abu Dhabi meetfollowing India's air strike on a terror camp in Pakistan but its request was turned down.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/day...mic-nations-oic-slam-india-on-kashmir-2001785
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Thank God for some sense.
 
Indian forces are using Kashmiri civilians as human shields in Handwara operation as we speak.

Where are the Indians who were crying about geneva conventions?
 
rhony said:
Source?
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Me.
They are taking the civilians from building to building and make them search for bodies of militants. This is an old tactic though. Nothing new.
There were days in the 90s when armed forces used to take 20-30 men out of 1 village and made them sit outside their camps from morning to evening as human shields so that no militant would attack them. People dont hate them without a reason.
 
Madplayer said:
Me.
They are taking the civilians from building to building and make them search for bodies of militants. This is an old tactic though. Nothing new.
There were days in the 90s when armed forces used to take 20-30 men out of 1 village and made them sit outside their camps from morning to evening as human shields so that no militant would attack them. People dont hate them without a reason.
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Some one should take a video and send this to the press.
 
rhony said:
Some one should take a video and send this to the press.
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Mate, the area is cordoned off. Only those civilians selected by army are taken inside the cordon and made to search. Who will take the video and from where? But lets wait and see, maybe some sort of video proof will come out. But then again, when video proofs came out last time, Major Gogoi got promoted, t-shirts with a Kashmiri used as human sheild came out in Indian market, a movie name Baaghi 2 came out which showed the same scene and became an instant hit. This is what India has given us. Ofcourse we will never forget this collective humiliation.
 
Madplayer said:
Mate, the area is cordoned off. Only those civilians selected by army are taken inside the cordon and made to search. Who will take the video and from where? But lets wait and see, maybe some sort of video proof will come out. But then again, when video proofs came out last time, Major Gogoi got promoted, t-shirts with a Kashmiri used as human sheild came out in Indian market, a movie name Baaghi 2 came out which showed the same scene and became an instant hit. This is what India has given us. Ofcourse we will never forget this collective humiliation.
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Armies are held at a higher standard. If that's not the case, proof should be provided to punish the culprits. Even if there's no local press that can publish it, you have YouTube.
 
OIC resolution condemns ‘Indian terrorism’ and ‘mass blindings’ in Kashmir

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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Saturday adopted a resolution on Jammu and Kashmir, condemning the “atrocities and human rights violations” in the state, The Indian Express reported. This came a day after India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj urged the organisation to come together to fight the global menace of terrorism and extremism.
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https://indianexpress.com/article/india/oic-condemns-atrocities-india-says-jk-internal-matter-5608515/

https://scroll.in/latest/915213/oic-resolution-condemns-indian-terrorism-and-mass-blindings-in-kashmir

:)))
 
rhony said:
Armies are held at a higher standard. If that's not the case, proof should be provided to punish the culprits. Even if there's no local press that can publish it, you have YouTube.
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In kashmir army is above the law. Same army came in the village and raped whole village but nothing happened to them. We don't hate your army without any reason.
 

Perfectly summed up by the Indian Congress Party
 
This shows that India is finding it difficult to truly isolate Pakistan.

Even countries that dont like Pakistan (i.e. United States) have to engage with it, as Pakistan is strategically very important for various reasons.

India was passing this OIC invitation off as a diplomatic victory over Pakistan, however it turned into a humiliation of the highest magnitude. Pakistan boycotted the event, yet still India got to hear Pakistan's narrative from the other OIC members. So it ended up being a huge diplomatic win for Pakistan instead.
 
blackanhyellow said:
This shows that India is finding it difficult to truly isolate Pakistan.

Even countries that dont like Pakistan (i.e. United States) have to engage with it, as Pakistan is strategically very important for various reasons.

India was passing this OIC invitation off as a diplomatic victory over Pakistan, however it turned into a humiliation of the highest magnitude. Pakistan boycotted the event, yet still India got to hear Pakistan's narrative from the other OIC members. So it ended up being a huge diplomatic win for Pakistan instead.
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Each and everything done by the BJP govt since the Pulwama episode has been nothing short of an international embarrassment for India. It can be argued that the BJP government tried this to bolster its chances of winning in the reelections but on merit this should hurt them very badly and the people of India should hold them accountable for each and every disasterous misstep they have undertaken since then.
 
Savak said:
Each and everything done by the BJP govt since the Pulwama episode has been nothing short of an international embarrassment for India. It can be argued that the BJP government tried this to bolster its chances of winning in the reelections but on merit this should hurt them very badly and the people of India should hold them accountable for each and every disasterous misstep they have undertaken since then.
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Actually it will help Modi. The Indian masses have been so consumed with hate and fantasy for so long that I see him winning in a landslide.
 
Savak said:
Each and everything done by the BJP govt since the Pulwama episode has been nothing short of an international embarrassment for India. It can be argued that the BJP government tried this to bolster its chances of winning in the reelections but on merit this should hurt them very badly and the people of India should hold them accountable for each and every disasterous misstep they have undertaken since then.
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Well if India truly had a free press, of course all of these events would hurt Modi's reelection chances rather than help.

However, BJP seems to control the media. Any analyst or show that questions BJP's version of events on the "surgical strike 2.0" or the resulting diplomatic failures are quickly dubbed anti-national and dissenting voices are quickly shut down.

So, the media is showing their viewers exactly what BJP wants them to see, truth or not.
 
Madplayer said:
Me.
They are taking the civilians from building to building and make them search for bodies of militants. This is an old tactic though. Nothing new.
There were days in the 90s when armed forces used to take 20-30 men out of 1 village and made them sit outside their camps from morning to evening as human shields so that no militant would attack them. People dont hate them without a reason.
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We believe you. You are so trustworthy.
 
blackanhyellow said:
Well if India truly had a free press, of course all of these events would hurt Modi's reelection chances rather than help.

However, BJP seems to control the media. Any analyst or show that questions BJP's version of events on the "surgical strike 2.0" or the resulting diplomatic failures are quickly dubbed anti-national and dissenting voices are quickly shut down.

So, the media is showing their viewers exactly what BJP wants them to see, truth or not.
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No party controls any media outlet. The ruling party have some say in the Govt media.

Major news outlets like NDTV, Hindu, Indian Express are all anti-BJP. This is just like USA where Fox is pro-Republicans. CNN, NBC are Pro-Dems.

You people only posts clips from Arnab tv channel. Hence you see mostly anti-pak clips.
 
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday said that an effective voice should be raised from the platform of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) over the issue of an anti-Muslim law in India and violations of human rights in occupied Kashmir.

Addressing a press conference in Multan, the foreign minister said that Pakistan has already raised its voice over these issues. "Indian government has deprived students of education and patients of medical treatment in occupied Kashmir [...] internet remains cut off," he added.

"We are aware of our responsibilities and all possible diplomatic steps are being taken in this regard," he said, adding that "Indian designs will be unveiled" before the global community.

The minister said that he took up the issue with other Islamic countries and suggested that an OIC meeting of foreign ministers should be convened. He added that he received positive response in this regard.

Radio Pakistan on Sunday reported that the OIC has decided to convene a meeting on the grim human rights situation in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and the enactment of the anti-Muslim law in India.

The state-run radio service, while quoting the Kashmir Media Service, said the ministerial level OIC meeting is expected to be held in Islamabad in April 2020.

Talking about Indian steps to "jeopardise regional peace and security situation", Qureshi during his press conference said that India has cut the fence along the line of control from five points and installed BrahMos and spike missiles. "What does this indicate?" he questioned.

He added that India itself was divided over the newly passed citizenship law and quoted Indian political leader P. Chidambaram as saying that the legislation was in violation of the Indian constitution and would be struck down by Indian courts.

Read more: Explainer: What does India's new citizenship law mean?

The foreign minister said that although the Indian judiciary didn't fulfill expectations of people in the Babri mosque case, it will quash this controversial law.

He said that the controversial legislation crossed all thresholds of tolerance in India, pointing out that since protests against the law erupted, 25 people have been killed, hundreds have been arrested, and thousands of cases have been lodged. Irreparable loss to the image of India has been done among the global community, he said.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1525097/o...e-voice-for-indian-muslims-kashmir-fm-qureshi
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Modi has internationalised the Indian Muslim issue, but seems to have miscalculated his economic friendship with MbZ/S<br>Now the Muslim world is debating reactions to India's actions on Kashmir and CAA-NPR-NRC, and this includes an already angry Iran.<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/tZa81ilPF4">https://t.co/tZa81ilPF4</a></p>— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) <a href="https://twitter.com/asadowaisi/status/1211162586156163073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Modi has internationalised the Indian Muslim issue, but seems to have miscalculated his economic friendship with MbZ/S<br>Now the Muslim world is debating reactions to India's actions on Kashmir and CAA-NPR-NRC, and this includes an already angry Iran.<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/tZa81ilPF4">https://t.co/tZa81ilPF4</a></p>— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) <a href="https://twitter.com/asadowaisi/status/1211162586156163073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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:)), haha so Pakistan ditched the recent meetup with Turkey, Malaysia etc at the request of Saudi Arabia and in return the Saudis threw a small piece of bread as a gesture of goodwill ?.. At least the Turks were consistent with the muslim issue regardless of it was India or China and aren't they one of Pakistan's closest ally ? so it seems Pakistan can be controlled by the Saudis also at any time like China... OIC
 
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:)), haha so Pakistan ditched the recent meetup with Turkey, Malaysia etc at the request of Saudi Arabia and in return the Saudis threw a small piece of bread as a gesture of goodwill ?.. At least the Turks were consistent with the muslim issue regardless of it was India or China and aren't they one of Pakistan's closest ally ? so it seems Pakistan can be controlled by the Saudis also at any time like China... OIC
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We dont know what concessions IK got out of them for this position - only time will tell.
 
so modi can expect one more medal from KSA it seems

last time, pakistan expected KSA to take tough stance on india with regards to kashmir , prince of KSA striked a deal with reliance , indian company & also awarded modi a medal.
 
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) human rights body on Saturday condemned the Indian government's new domicile law — Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Order, 2020 — calling it "illegal" and a "violation" of international laws.

The Indian government recently announced a new domicile law, under which an Indian citizen, who has lived in occupied Jammu and Kashmir for 15 years, can call the territory their place of domicile.

Through a gazette notification issued by the Indian government on Wednesday, a domiciled person has been defined as one who has resided for a period of 15 years in the occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir or has studied for a period of seven years and appeared in class 10 or 12 examinations in an educational institution located there.

The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) of the OIC in a tweet said that it condemns the promulgation of the new law which attempts to "alter the demographic and geographic" status of India-occupied Kashmir (IOK).

Calling it a violation of international laws and United Nations Security Council and OIC resolutions on the issue, the international organisation asked India to repeal "draconian laws" and stop its human rights abuses in the region.

Prime Minister Imran Khan had also strongly condemned the new law, calling it a "violation of all international laws and treaties".

Saying the timing of the move was "particularly reprehensible", Khan said the action sought to exploit the international focus on the Covid-19 pandemic to further the Bharatiya Janata Party's "Hindutva" agenda.

Last month, Pakistan had called on India to lift the communication blockade imposed in occupied Kashmir and ensure supplies of essential commodities in the valley to contain the spread of Covid-19 and mitigate the suffering of Kashmiris.

The Indian government had on August 5, 2019 repealed Article 370 of its constitution, stripping occupied Kashmir of its special status. It also divided up occupied Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories; one Jammu and Kashmir, and the other the Buddhist-dominated high altitude region of Ladakh. The bifurcation of the territory came into effect on October 31 last year.

A strict lockdown and communications blackout has been in place in occupied Kashmir since August last year, with reports suggesting limited mobile data services and internet were temporarily restored in the region in January.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1546402/o...as-draconian-domicile-law-in-occupied-kashmir
 
Oh I though OIC doesn’t do pro Pakistan statements?
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1/2 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OIC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OIC</a>-IPHRC condemns the unrelenting vicious <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Islamophobic?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Islamophobic</a> campaign in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/India?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#India</a> maligning Muslims for spread of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID</a>-19 as well as their negative profiling in media subjecting them to discrimination & violence with impunity.</p>— OIC-IPHRC (@OIC_IPHRC) <a href="https://twitter.com/OIC_IPHRC/status/1251826155939926017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/OIC_OCI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OIC_OCI</a> rejects Anti-Muslim prejudice in India over the Coronavirus spread & expresses deep concern following recent media accounts of rising anti-Muslim sentiments and Islamophobia within political & media circles. <br>&#55357;&#56599;<a href="https://t.co/Vb4nYd1rVj">https://t.co/Vb4nYd1rVj</a> <a href="https://t.co/5JOKJksjrD">pic.twitter.com/5JOKJksjrD</a></p>— Spokesperson &#55356;&#56821;&#55356;&#56816; MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) <a href="https://twitter.com/ForeignOfficePk/status/1252143112769679361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written letters to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General and his counterparts in the 57-member body to draw their attention towards the rising wave of state-sanctioned hate crimes and Islamophobia in India.

“Among other things, the foreign minister has sensitised them towards this hate-mongering as part of the RSS-BJP dispensation’s anti-Muslim and anti-minority agenda, based on the extremist ‘Hindutva’ ideology,” a statement issued by the Foreign Office said on Tuesday. “The rising wave of state-sanctioned hate crimes and Islamophobia in India has emerged not only as a threat to Indian Muslims but is also a matter of grave concern for the Muslim world at large,” Qureshi was quoted as saying by the FO.

The foreign minister, according to the communiqué, has inter alia apprised about the Modi government’s systematic campaign to demonise Muslims by holding them responsible for the spread of coronavirus. He underscored that Indian actions are in contravention of relevant international conventions and seriously undermine global efforts for religious harmony during these challenging times. “It is hoped that the international community will take due cognisance and urge India to reverse this course, which is fraught with risks for the safety and security of India’s minorities, particularly Muslims, and for their fundamental rights and freedoms,” it added.

Foreign Minister Qureshi said that the OIC and others ‘cannot stand by and let another Gujarat happen’ – referring to the 2002 massacre in India – and asked the body to stop the attack on Muslims under the Narendra Modi-led government. “The world is fighting against coronavirus. What is required is a joint coordinated effort. Unfortunately, what we’re seeing is that though this virus respects no borders, it doesn’t differentiate between ethnicities or religion – yet in India […] they’re in the grip of Islamophobia.” “Hate speech is being practised in India. Muslims are being discriminated against. They are not even being treated properly in hospitals,” said Qureshi. “There’s a campaign not to buy from their shops and businesses. Their houses were and are being attacked. You [the international community and OIC) saw the discriminatory approach of this Hindutva BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) government. You saw that discriminatory laws were put into place. You saw NRC and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) enforced in India,” he stated, and urged the international community to ‘speak up’, as many in the Muslim world and the Gulf countries already have, arguing that the ‘time has now come to take notice to stop this attack on Muslims in India’. “The OIC, foreign ministers and the international community must take notice of this. This is a violation of UN Human Rights Council resolutions and it’s also a violation of many statements and positions taken by OIC,” he pointed out.

Meanwhile, Pakistan has categorically rejected baseless Indian allegations of ‘infiltration attempts’ and unfounded claims of targeting of ‘launching pads’ across the Line of Control (LoC). “It is obvious that the Indian propaganda machine is in over-drive. Pakistan also rejects the provocative statements of the Indian Defence Minister, including his recent preposterous claim that ‘we are dominating the enemy….’ There is nothing new about Rajnath Singh’s delusions; nor about his belligerent anti-Pakistan rhetoric,” the Foreign Office said in a statement.

“Repeated Indian allegations have one primary purpose: To divert world attention from India’s state-terrorism and grave human rights violations in Indian-held Kashmir. India also seeks to use these allegations as a pretext for “false flag” operation. Pakistan has been continuously sensitizing the international community about such an eventuality and urging India to desist from any ill-considered action,” it said. “India’s belligerence continues to imperil peace in the region. In 2020 alone, India has committed 882 ceasefire violations and deliberately targeted innocent civilians living close to the LoC in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

At the same time, in the garb of so-called cordon-and-search operations, the Indian occupation forces have been particularly targeting the Kashmiri youth. In April alone, 29 innocent Kashmiris have been martyred, including 7 since the onset of the holy month of Ramazan. Besides, the harassment and intimidation of Kashmiri journalists has further intensified under the notorious ‘Unlawful Activities Prevention Act’ (UAPA), while the Indian occupation forces continue to operate with complete impunity covered under draconian laws such as PSA and AFSPA,” it said.

“On the other hand, continued communications restrictions and lack of unfettered access to medical and other essential supplies are compounding the Covid-19 situation for the Kashmiris in the occupied valley. In parallel, India has sought to take advantage of the world’s preoccupation with COVID-19 to further push its ‘Hindutva’ agenda in Kashmir. The changes in the domicile rules represent another opportunistic move by the RSS-BJP dispensation to advance their sinister aim of effecting a demographic change in the occupied territory,” it said. “Pakistan and the Kashmiris have firmly rejected these Indian machinations in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Our immediate and effective response to India’s Balakot misadventure clearly demonstrated Pakistan’s will, capacity and preparedness. India should not underestimate the resolve of the people and the armed forces of Pakistan to thwart any aggressive design,” it said. “As regards the Jammu & Kashmir dispute, Pakistan will continue to extend its full moral, political and diplomatic support to the Kashmiri people till the realization of their inalienable right to self-determination as enshrined in the UNSC resolutions,” it concluded.

https://dailytimes.com.pk/604282/pa...ising-state-sanctioned-islamophobia-in-india/
 
Wrong party. Arnab must be weeping at a lost opportunity :))

Maybe [MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] and [MENTION=428]Romali_rotti[/MENTION] too.

Expect this story to be buried though.

A Jammu and Kashmir politician has been arrested by the NIA (National Investigation Agency) over alleged links to terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen; he has been accused of supplying arms. The arrest was made as part of an investigation into Davinder Singh – a senior J&K police officer arrested in January while transporting top Hizbul terrorists.

Tariq Ahmad Mir, a sarpanch (village chief) from Wachi in J&K's Shopian district, contested the 2014 Assembly polls on a BJP ticket. He even shared the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election rally in Srinagar in December 2014.
J&K BJP has said the party has nothing to do with those involved in anti-national activities and Tariq Ahmad Mir had been expelled two years ago.

"Panchayat elections (in December 2018) were held on non-party basis. We expelled him from the party in October 2018," Altaf Thakur, a BJP spokesperson, said, adding, "We don't know how he managed party ticket for Assembly elections in 2014".
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As expected, most of the Indian posters who are prolific in their vitriol, trying to give this news a quiet pass.
 
OIC just like UN is all talks..
Post WORLD WAR 2, UN was formed for world peace matters. It has failed big time.
 
pillionrider said:
Wrong party. Arnab must be weeping at a lost opportunity :))

Maybe [MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] and [MENTION=428]Romali_rotti[/MENTION] too.

Expect this story to be buried though.
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This part is funny.

Panchayat elections (in December 2018) were held on non-party basis. We expelled him from the party in October 2018," Altaf Thakur, a BJP spokesperson, said, adding, "We don't know how he managed party ticket for Assembly elections in 2014".

Let me call them again so that these BJP representatives can first verify if this is true and then if it is true they can explain it properly. Although I am expecting at least joshila bhai to call this a lie and run away from it like he always does. :inti

[MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] [MENTION=428]Romali_rotti[/MENTION] [MENTION=152021]Rajdeep[/MENTION]
 
RAWALPINDI: DG ISPR Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar on Monday dismissed Indian Army's allegations that Pakistan Army was operating terrorist launch pads at the Line of Control as 'baseless' and 'non-serious'.

Speaking about the recent hostile statements by the Indian leadership, the DG ISPR said that India's violations across the LoC were increasing with each passing day. "The situation at the LoC is turning serious," he said.

"The Indian leadership is making non-serious allegations against Pakistan," he said. "India has its own satellites. Tell us, where is the proof?[of the launch pads]" he asked.

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane and other officials have made several allegations over the past couple of days that Pakistan has been operating terrorist launch pads from the Pakistani side of the LoC and attempting to infiltrate the border into the Indian side.

The army's spokesperson invited international observers to pay a visit to the LoC to witness whether the Indian claims are true or not.

He said that India was trying to blame Pakistan for its internal problems. Maj Gen Babar said that an American commission had highlighted how India was committing atrocities against its minorities.

Referring to India's blame game policy, he said that whatever happened in the country, it always hurled accusations at Pakistan. "It is a ridiculous claim that Pakistan has contributed to the spread of the coronavirus in India," he said.

Speaking about the coronavirus situation, he said that the armed forces were providing "back up support" along with civil institutions. He said that the army was providing help to the government in every form to ensure implementation of its directives.

The Foreign Office had a day earlier dismissed Indian allegations and pointed out as well that it was a tactic to take attention away from the Kashmir issue.

"As Pakistan has consistently pointed out, regurgitation of these allegations and spurious claims by India is aimed at diverting the world’s attention from India’s state-terrorism and grave human rights violations in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir. India also seeks to use these allegations as a pretext for launching ‘false flag’ operation and deliberately targeting of innocent civilians along the LoC," a statement from the foreign office read.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/286394-dg...-terror-launch-pad-allegations-by-indian-army
 
Majeed Malik draws OIC's attention to IOJ&K’s orphaned children

The All Pakistan Hurriyat Conference’s Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AHC-AJK) leader and vice chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), Abdul Majeed Malik, said Indian aggression has rendered many children orphan as it martyred hundreds of thousands of people in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir(IOJ&K).

In a statement, Malik said that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) observed the Orphans Day, which means that it stood with orphan children.

The APHC-AJK leader said that Indian forces had killed thousands of innocent Kashmiri citizens in fake encounters and buried them in unmarked mass graves and subjected more than 8,000 to custodial disappearances.
He added that the children of these people did not know about the whereabouts of their fathers or their graves.

He called on the world community to take note of Indian acts of human rights violations and urged all the Muslim countries to take care of all the orphans of Occupied Kashmir.

Abdul Majeed Malik added that more than 800,000 Indian troops were killing innocent people in the occupied valley everyday, and no attention was being paid to their orphan children.

On April 26, it was reported that in a new development quite in violation of the international law, Indian police decided that the bodies of the Kashmiri martyred youth would not be handed over to their families, Kashmir Media Service reported.

The authorities have quietly started burying the bodies of local youth at faraway places, in unmarked graves, under the supervision of a magistrate, in order to avoid massive participation of locals in the funerals. Such participation is considered to be an honour for the local population.

On August 5 2019, when Narendra Modi’s government illegally revoked the constitutional provisions that guaranteed IOJ&K nominal autonomy, everyone in Pakistan, it seemed, was caught off guard.

The Indian government placed the entire disputed territory under lockdown and suspended all communication channels.

On April 1 2020, India passed the “Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Order 2020” that would give non-Kashmiris the right to become permanent residents of the valley.

Under the new law, those who have resided for a period of 15 years in the IOJ&K or studied for a period of seven years and appeared in class 10/12 examinations in educational institutions located in the region are now eligible to become permanent residents.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2218268/1-majeed-malik-draws-oics-attention-iojks-orphaned-children/
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1/2 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OIC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OIC</a>-IPHRC rejects <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Indian?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Indian</a> Government’s illegal actions to redefine domicile rules to alter Io J&k demographic and terms it as ‘Settlement Colonialism’ violative of OIC and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UN</a> Security Council Resolutions, Fourth Geneva Convention, international <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/human?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#human</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rights?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#rights</a>/humanitarian</p>— OIC-IPHRC (@OIC_IPHRC) <a href="https://twitter.com/OIC_IPHRC/status/1262853023610658817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2/2 OICIPHRC reiterates its call upon UN and international community to pressurise India to refrain from illegal actions altering geographic & demographic status of IoJ&K;protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and allow Kashmiris to exercise the right to self determination</p>— OIC-IPHRC (@OIC_IPHRC) <a href="https://twitter.com/OIC_IPHRC/status/1262855811719716865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Majeed Malik draws OIC's attention to IOJ&K’s orphaned children

The All Pakistan Hurriyat Conference’s Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AHC-AJK) leader and vice chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), Abdul Majeed Malik, said Indian aggression has rendered many children orphan as it martyred hundreds of thousands of people in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir(IOJ&K).

In a statement, Malik said that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) observed the Orphans Day, which means that it stood with orphan children.

The APHC-AJK leader said that Indian forces had killed thousands of innocent Kashmiri citizens in fake encounters and buried them in unmarked mass graves and subjected more than 8,000 to custodial disappearances.
He added that the children of these people did not know about the whereabouts of their fathers or their graves.

He called on the world community to take note of Indian acts of human rights violations and urged all the Muslim countries to take care of all the orphans of Occupied Kashmir.

Abdul Majeed Malik added that more than 800,000 Indian troops were killing innocent people in the occupied valley everyday, and no attention was being paid to their orphan children.

On April 26, it was reported that in a new development quite in violation of the international law, Indian police decided that the bodies of the Kashmiri martyred youth would not be handed over to their families, Kashmir Media Service reported.

The authorities have quietly started burying the bodies of local youth at faraway places, in unmarked graves, under the supervision of a magistrate, in order to avoid massive participation of locals in the funerals. Such participation is considered to be an honour for the local population.

On August 5 2019, when Narendra Modi’s government illegally revoked the constitutional provisions that guaranteed IOJ&K nominal autonomy, everyone in Pakistan, it seemed, was caught off guard.

The Indian government placed the entire disputed territory under lockdown and suspended all communication channels.

On April 1 2020, India passed the “Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Order 2020” that would give non-Kashmiris the right to become permanent residents of the valley.

Under the new law, those who have resided for a period of 15 years in the IOJ&K or studied for a period of seven years and appeared in class 10/12 examinations in educational institutions located in the region are now eligible to become permanent residents.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2218268/1-majeed-malik-draws-oics-attention-iojks-orphaned-children/
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That’s actually a valid concern. However wonder how many of their own kids (talking about the Hurriyat leaders) study abroad and in reputable institutions in India?

How many schools and colleges they have built for these kids. Not talking about religious schools but the ones that teach Math, science, English etc as against schools that teach freedom struggle and warfare.

Last time I checked Indian army was deployed in the past to ensure turnout for board exams were successful.

So his concern is fine but I am a strict believer in practice what you preach (not just religion but humanity as well)
 
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ThatÂ’s actually a valid concern. However wonder how many of their own kids (talking about the Hurriyat leaders) study abroad and in reputable institutions in India?
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How many Indians have studied in the UK yet desired independence for India? Just like India can be in their land and exploit them, Kashmiris are entitled to use the education system of the occupying nation.

How many schools and colleges they have built for these kids. Not talking about religious schools but the ones that teach Math, science, English etc as against schools that teach freedom struggle and warfare.
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You do realize that Hurriyat has never been in power, they are a separatist organization. This question should be posed to Indian puppets like the Abdullahs and Muftis who have ruled Kashmir for years.
 
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For three days without internet or phone service this month, Rouf Ahmad found himself cut off from his family in Indian-administered Kashmir while his mother was receiving treatment for the coronavirus disease.

The 23-year-old sociology student is under quarantine in a hospital in Srinagar, Kashmir's main city, and could not contact the rest of his family to tell them about his mother's condition as she was treated in the same hospital.

"I used to update my sisters and father many times a day about my mother's status," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation over the phone. "My frustration knew no bounds when I couldn't do so for three days."

Communications blackouts imposed by India's government as part of an effort to quell political turmoil and armed conflict in Kashmir are hampering the fight against the novel coronavirus, health experts and residents have warned.

Weeks of slow or no internet are a regular occurrence in the disputed region. The latest restriction on high-speed internet access has been in place since August last year when India revoked the special status of the Muslim-majority region.

'Misuse of data services'
The Indian government reinstated low-speed 2G internet services in January, but a blackout earlier this month massively set back health services and contact tracing efforts to curb the new coronavirus, health experts said.

"The shutting down of the internet is not new to Kashmir," said one Srinagar-based hospital doctor, who asked not to be named.

"But, this time around, we were shocked that we had to work without the internet even during the pandemic for a week," he said, noting that the government had told health professionals not to talk to the press.

"We are pushed into the primitive world when the internet is shut down abruptly."

When contacted for comment, police officials directed Reuters to an official order posted on the police website.

It said the shutdown on May 6, implemented the day after security forces killed rebel commander Riyaz Naikoo in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, was necessary due to the "likelihood of misuse of data services by anti-national elements".

Knowing Kashmir's history of communication restrictions, Ahmad anticipates further shutdowns - mobile internet was again halted on Tuesday - but hopes he and his mother can get out of the hospital before then.

"I can't bring myself to deal with another blackout. Our family is already facing an awful situation as my mother is battling COVID-19," he said.

Contact tracing
In Kashmir, confirmed COVID-19 cases have increased sharply from four in mid-March to more than 1,200 by mid-May and about 16 deaths, according to official figures.

Health professionals at two major hospitals in Srinagar told Reuters that during the recent communications blackout they were unable to consult with colleagues about coronavirus cases.

A health department official, who requested anonymity as he is not authorised to speak to the press, said the three days without mobile phone services put added strain on the country's already stressed health system.

The blackout affected all but phones on pay monthly contracts, which are mainly used by government officials.

Doctors normally use messaging services like WhatsApp to send each other information about cases and communicate with patients, the official explained, adding that relying on phone calls in the shutdown was often inconvenient and time-consuming.

He noted that there was no way for health workers to carry out contact tracing, which involves tracking down infected people and finding everyone who has been near them, so they can get tested too.

"It was impossible to trace the contacts of COVID-positive cases in those three days as there was no way of reaching out to people," said the official.

It was also impossible for Kashmiris to instal the government's contact-tracing app that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said everyone in the country should download onto their phones in a televised address last month.

Health experts say contact tracing is key to keeping the virus in check.

Even a single day's delay in contact tracing could be the difference between getting the virus under control and suffering a resurgence, according to researchers from the University of Oxford in Britain.

Owais Ahmad, the Officer on Special Duty at Kashmir's COVID Control Room, where he helps monitor the spread of the virus in the region, confirmed that the three-day blackout had impacted the rate of installation of the app.

About 100,000 people in the region have so far downloaded the app, he estimated.

But he added that he thinks it will pick up now that internet and mobile phone services have been restored.

"This is an extremely important app in the fight against COVID," Ahmad said during an interview in his office.

Rise in internet shutdowns
India has said it cuts communications to prevent unrest in Kashmir, where more than 40,000 people have been killed during a decades-long armed uprising.

Kashmir is claimed in full by both India and Pakistan, which have gone to war twice over it. Each rules parts of the scenic Himalayan region.

The internet blackout in Kashmir which started in August and lasted 175 days, was among the world's longest internet shutdowns implemented last year, according to digital rights group Access Now.

Last year, India experienced 121 shutdowns of a global total of 196, the group said in a recent report.

International rights groups have decried the rise in the use of communications shutdowns in recent years as governments from the Philippines to Yemen said they were necessary for public safety and national security.

The United Nations has said such measures cannot be justified as the world is trying to tackle a pandemic.

"Internet access is critical at a time of crisis," David Kaye, United Nations special rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression, said in a statement in March.

"Human health depends not only on readily accessible health care. It also depends on access to accurate information about the nature of the threats and the means to protect oneself, one's family, and one's community."

Ahmad at the COVID Control Room rejected the claim that shutting down internet and mobile services had affected healthcare in the region.

He said the communication blackout had been "managed by health workers", without specifying further.

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/f...thwart-coronavirus-fight-200520044805731.html
 
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Maldives thwarts Pak attempts to single out India on Islamophobia at OIC

Maldives has thwarted Pakistan's attempt to single out India at a virtual meet of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Islamophobia highlighting the country's democratic credentials and multicultural society.

Speaking at the OIC United Nations envoys virtual meet, Maldives Permanent Representative in New York Ambassador Thilmeeza Hussain said, "Targetting a specific country will be like side stepping the real issue. In this light, let me state that singling out India, the largest democracy in the world and a multi-cultural society and home to over 200 million Muslims, alleging Islamophobia would be factually incorrect."

During the meeting Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN Munir Akram had said India is actively promoting Islamophobic.

Thilmeeza explained, "It would be detrimental to the religious harmony in the South Asian region. Islam has existed in India for centuries and it is the second-largest religion in India, with 14.2 per cent of the country's population. Isolated statements by motivated people and disinformation campaigns on social media should not be construed as representative of the feelings of 1.3 billion."

"Maldives cannot support any action within the OIC, that singles-out or targets India," Thilmeeza added.

In the past few years, ties between India and Maldives have gone from strength to strength. New Delhi has reached out to Male during the current ongoing COVID-19 crisis while the Maldives has reaffirmed "India first" policy many times.

https://www.wionews.com/india-news/...ingle-out-india-on-islamophobia-at-oic-300450


It appears to me that Maldives is trying to make the same point I was making couple of days ago. We are a country of 1.5 billion people and some people with obvious agenda are picking incidents happening in sylo to paint India as Islamophobic.

Read this again what the authority has to say:

"Isolated statements by motivated people and disinformation campaigns on social media should not be construed as representative of the feelings of 1.3 billion."

Good on OIC but surely it will fall on deaf ears. :inti
 
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said Pakistan will not stay silent, allowing the fascist Narendra Modi government to round up Muslims to be beaten and killed.

In a series of tweets, the foreign minister said India's discriminatory treatment against Muslims is aimed at having their nationalities stripped, their livelihoods robbed, their demography changed and their future insecure.

Sharing a statement from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Islamophobia, FM Qureshi said, “we will not stand by and let another Gujarat [massacre] happen.”

He said world bodies like the United Nations (UN) and Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have supported Pakistan to counter rising cases of anti-Muslim violence and Islamophobia in India to initiate a working group for collective action.

“Pakistan has consistently appealed to the UN and OIC to condemn Modi's Hindutva supremacist ideology with relentless Islamophobia and & violence/regional instability perpetuated,” Qureshi said.

He welcomed the UN chief’s agreement on the need to counter Islamophobia and earlier censure by Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of OIC.

‘Countering Islamophobia top priority’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that countering anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobia is his “top priority” and he “fully agrees” with the assessment that it could pose a threat to international peace and security.

The UN Chief gave the statement recently at the virtual meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states at the United Nations (UN) in response to the comments from Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN, Munir Akram, who drew his attention to the rising cases of anti-Muslim violence and Islamophobia in India and urged him to adopt a more focused and consistent system-wise approach to fully tackle the menace.

Speaking at the meeting organized by OIC on the theme of “COVID-19 Solidarity: Promoting Co-Existence and Shared Responsibility”, Guterres voiced his concern over the rise of Islamophobia and called for fighting this phenomenon collectively, the informed sources said.

Earlier this week, Pakistan had proposed the establishment of a dedicated OIC Working Group on Islamophobia.

Several OIC countries including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, Qatar, Malaysia and Egypt welcomed Pakistan’s proposal and need for a concerted OIC position on Islamophobia at the world body.

The remarks made by the UN Secretary-General indicate that the OIC will pursue Pakistan’s proposal for collective action to counter Islamophobia.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/289973-pa...s-fascism-violence-against-muslims-fm-qureshi
 
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Three fighters have been killed in a shoot-out with Indian government forces in the heart of Kashmir's main city of Srinagar, police said on Sunday, two days after eight rebels were killed in another gun battle.

New Delhi has stepped up military operation in the disputed territory since the nationwide coronavirus lockdown was imposed in late March. Indian-administered Kashmir has been under a security lockdown since August last year when the Muslim-majority region's limited autonomy was revoked.

The rebels were killed in a firefight in the Zoonimar area of the densely populated old city of Srinagar, a police officer who asked to remain anonymous told AFP news agency.

One home was destroyed during the clash.

This was the second such gun battle in the old city in a week and took the death toll of armed fighters to at least 100 this year. More than 30 rebels have been killed in the past 20 days of this month, according to the local media.

Rebel groups have fought for decades for the region's independence or its merger with Pakistan and enjoy broad popular support.

Just over a month ago, the son of a top pro-independence leader and his associate were killed in the city.

The May incident - a day-long firefight that saw 15 homes blown up by police and soldiers - was the first armed encounter between rebels and government forces in Srinagar in two years.

The fighting has left tens of thousands dead, mostly civilians, since 1989, when armed rebellion erupted against Indian rule.

India has more than 500,000 troops stationed in Kashmir, a Himalayan territory also claimed by Pakistan.

Indian fire kills Pakistani girl

Meanwhile, local officials and Pakistan's military said Indian troops - backed by artillery and long-range guns - fired on villages along the border in the Pakistani-administered side of the Kashmir region, killing a 13-year-old-girl and wounding her mother and brother.

In a statement on Sunday, Pakistan's military blamed the Indian army for initiating Saturday night's "unprovoked ceasefire violation" in the villages of Hajipir and Bedori. It said Pakistani troops "effectively responded" to the Indian fire, without elaborating.

Mortars fired by Indian troops also damaged several homes, according to local media reports and government officials.

In neighbouring India, the local police blamed Pakistani troops for initiating the gunfire, saying Pakistani mortar shelling wounded five civilians on their side of Kashmir.

Pakistan and India often trade fire in the disputed Himalayan region, with both blaming the other side for initiating the fire. The latest incident comes days after Indian fire killed four villagers in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

To discuss the latest development, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir will hold an emergency meeting via videoconference on Monday.

The online meet will bring together the foreign ministers of the Jammu And Kashmir Contact Group member states: Azerbaijan, Niger, Pakistan Saudi Arabia and Turkey, the OIC said in a statement.

"The meeting is part of a series of continuous Jammu And Kashmir Contact Group meetings to address the issue," OIC Secretary General Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen was quoted as saying.

Tensions have soared between Pakistan and India since last August, when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist-led government removed Article 30 of the constitution that guaranteed special status to the Muslim-majority region, touching off anger in Indian-controlled Kashmir and in Pakistan. Pakistan wants the changes reversed.

Since early May, China and Indian troops have been engaged in a standoff on their disputed border in Ladakh region, which was carved out of Kashmir last August. Defence experts say China has objected to New Delhi's decision to change the status of Kashmir.

India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir since gaining independence from British rule in 1947.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...ghters-kashmir-main-city-200621105914410.html
 
Given how Israel is getting more and more influence in KSA, I doubt anything fruitful will come out of this meeting.
 
Ceasefire violations along LoC by India could disrupt peace in region, Qureshi tells OIC

(Karachi) Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the ceasefire violations by Indian troops could disrupt peace and stability in the region.

Addressing the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) video link session on Monday, he said that India has been committing human rights violations in Jammu Kashmir in which several innocent Kashmiris have been killed.

He said that the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir is deteriorating at an alarming level. He stated that India is bent upon promoting the policy of Hindutva and crush the movement of the people of Kashmir.

Qureshi elaborated that Indian forces have sent several Hurriyet leaders to jail and many are missing for raising voice against Indian brutality. "The way Jammu Kashmir is being victimized is a matter of grave concern."

The FM maintained that there has been a considerable increase in violations along the Line of Control by Indian side which is a matter of grave concern.

He maintained that Pakistan wants peace and stability in the region, while India is committing ceasefire violations on the Line of Control. He said, "India is continuously targeting civilian population in violation of international laws and fundamental human rights."

He said Pakistan has already conveyed the UN Secretary General, President of UN Security Council and Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation about Indian designs.

He urged the OIC and United Nations to intervene and ask India to respect the rights of Kashmiri people and stop torture and killing of innocent people in the region. He also asked India to permit an OIC delegation to visit Occupied Kashmir so they could analyze the ground situation in the valley.

Situation in Occupied Kashmir took an ugly turn when India withdrew constitutional provisions on August 5 that gave Jammu and Kashmir more autonomy than any other Indian state.

In retaliation to Modi's government’s move, India flooded the region with additional troops, and imposed curfew-like restrictions to keep a lid on protests.

Although many curbs, including those on movement have been eased, mobile telephone and internet connections in the Kashmir valley, home to around seven million people, remain cut off.

New Delhi insists that its move in August was essential to integrate Kashmir fully into India and bring development to the Himalayan region, but there is anger and discontent among many locals over the decision.

Despite the curbs, Kashmiris have come out on to the streets, and many shops and other commercial establishments in the held valley have remained mostly shuttered in protests against the withdrawal of the special status.
https://www.brecorder.com/news/4000...uld-disrupt-peace-in-region-qureshi-tells-oic
 
At least five people, including a six-year-old boy caught in the crossfire, have been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir.

The child was in a car that drove into a gun battle between suspected rebels and paramilitaries near the town of Bijbehara, a police officer told AFP news agency on Friday.

"The boy and a soldier were injured during the exchange of fire and both later died in hospital," said the officer, who asked not to be named.

Three rebels were also killed in a separate gunfight at Chewa, near the region's main city of Srinagar, in a battle that lasted 20 hours, army spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said.

This came after at least 11 fighters were killed by Indian security forces over a span of three days in separate incidents.

Since the nationwide coronavirus lockdown was imposed in late March, New Delhi has stepped up military operations against rebels in Kashmir, with at least 33 separatist fighters killed this month.

More than 100 fighters have been killed this year, according to police.

India and Pakistan claim the mountainous territory of Kashmir in full but administer separate portions of it. The two nuclear-armed neighbours have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir since gaining independence from British rule in 1947.

Rebel groups on the Indian side have fought for decades for the region's independence or its merger with Pakistan.

India, which has 500,000 soldiers stationed in its section of Kashmir, accuses Pakistan of supporting the Kashmiri fighters, a charge Islamabad denies, calling them freedom fighters.

Tensions have soared between Pakistan and India since last August, when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government revoked a special status granted to the Muslim-majority region.

Since early May, China and Indian troops have been engaged in a standoff on their disputed border in Ladakh region, which was carved out of Kashmir last August.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/year-boy-killed-kashmir-200626111043403.html
 
Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri on Thursday denied reports that the Kashmir issue was not part of the upcoming Council of Foreign Ministers' (CFM) meeting, terming them a "part of false Indian propaganda".

During a weekly press briefing, Chaudhri said that the Kashmir issue was a "permanent item" on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and recalled that the body has been "unambiguously pronouncing itself on the issue for decades, through a succession of summits as well as CFM resolutions".

Tomorrow's CFM meeting, which will be held in Niger's capital Niamey, would be the first after India repealed occupied Kashmir's special status in August last year, the spokesperson told reporters.

"It is expected that the session would reiterate its strong support to the Kashmir cause. Let me confirm that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute continue(s) to be amongst the longest standing items on the OIC agenda," insisted FO spokesperson.

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He further said that the OIC had spoken on the Kashmir issue multiple times and has "called for a settlement [...] with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions". The OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir has met thrice in the past 15 months, Chaudhri said, adding that a meeting of the group with foreign ministers was held in June this year.

"The final communique of that meeting called upon India to rescind its illegal actions and stop egregious human rights violations in the illegally occupied territory," said the FO spokesperson.

No mention of Kashmir
Despite the FO's insistence, the OIC statements, both in English and Arabic, issued for tomorrow's CFM meeting in Niamey made no specific mention of Kashmir in the agenda announced in Riyadh.

OIC Secretary General Dr Yousef Al-Othaimeen was quoted in the official statement as having said that the meeting would discuss the Palestinian cause, the fight against violence, extremism and terrorism, Islamophobia and defamation of religion, the situation of Muslim minorities and communities in non-member states, fundraising for the Rohingya case at the International Court of Justice, as well as the promotion of dialogue among civilisations, cultures and religions, and other emerging matters.

The agenda of the Niamey meeting also includes discussion on the political, humanitarian, economic, social and cultural and other issues related to science and technology, the media and the progress made in the implementation of the “OIC-2025: Plan of Action” document. It would, moreover, feature a brainstorming session on “Security and Humanitarian Challenges Confronting African Sahel States Members of the OIC”.

Pakistan has since the annexation of occupied Kashmir by India been demanding a special meeting of the OIC foreign ministers on the dispute. The meeting has not been convened so far because the Saudis, who wield a virtual veto in the 57-member bloc of Muslim countries, have not supported Islamabad’s move.

The latest omission of Kashmir from the agenda of the regular foreign ministers’ meeting comes at a time when ties between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia/UAE remain strained over what Pakistani diplomats say are “unfulfilled expectations”.

In today's FO briefing, when asked about the change of visa policy by the United Arab Emirates — under which the Arab state temporarily stopped issuing new visas to citizens of Pakistan, Afghanistan and several mostly Muslim majority countries — Chaudhri said it has not been confirmed. At the same time, he denied that the step was taken due to security concerns, as reported by multiple media outlets.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1592524/r...agenda-are-part-of-false-indian-propaganda-fo
 
So much has changed in a year.. OIC which was so critical of India previous year declined Pakistani request for mention of Kashmir... India has become more important member of OIC in just a year
 
Robbie said:
So much has changed in a year.. OIC which was so critical of India previous year declined Pakistani request for mention of Kashmir... India has become more important member of OIC in just a year
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India is not a member of the OIC.
 
Robbie said:
So much has changed in a year.. OIC which was so critical of India previous year declined Pakistani request for mention of Kashmir... India has become more important member of OIC in just a year
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I don't think you read the article. Kashmir doesn't have to be mentioned, it's a central part of the OIC's manifesto, it's the equivalent of talking about taxes in a legislative meeting, it's bound to be mentioned. Also India is not a member of the OIC, it isn't eligible either.
 
OIC is the last hope for liberating Kashmir in my opinion, we sure know Pakistanis wont be coming to liberate Kashmir :)
 
OIC as an organization has lost what little credibility it had. It is purely an avenue for Saudi Arabia to project its hegemony in the Muslim world. They might aswell expel Palestine and Pakistan since they (Saudi & UAE) have surrendered the Palestinian cause, and on Kashmir, they are not even willing to have dialogue anymore. Seeing how they have already shown an intent to include India, one of the worst violators of the rights of Muslims in the world. I say do it, and give Pakistan a concrete pretext to leave this organization.

One of the central topics of this moot is Islamophobia yet there is no meaningful dialogue on Kashmir or Palestine. On the issue of Uighurs Saudi does not have the gall to cross China. They will not risk angering France either despite everything that is happening there, so what is the point of this organization anyway? The only country they are willing to take a shot at is Myanmar because they know Myanmar can't do anything meaningful to hurt them.

Pakistan has been taught so many lessons about the need to develop a self-sustainable economy so that they can have an independent foreign policy but they just refuse to learn. Meanwhile Saudis continue to blackmail us with petrodollars and remittances, and all we can do is quietly comply.

Saudi Arabia is one of the worst, most oppressive regimes in the world that has no claim to being the leader of the Muslim ummah anymore. Their Cold War with Iran has spelled chaos in the Middle East and extended all the way to Pakistan and Afghanistan. They have killed so many innocents in Yemen, in what has been called as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. They have surrendered the Palestinian cause for their own narrow self-interests and are among the worst offenders of human rights on the planet.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
OIC as an organization has lost what little credibility it had. It is purely an avenue for Saudi Arabia to project its hegemony in the Muslim world. They might aswell expel Palestine and Pakistan since they (Saudi & UAE) have surrendered the Palestinian cause, and on Kashmir, they are not even willing to have dialogue anymore. Seeing how they have already shown an intent to include India, one of the worst violators of the rights of Muslims in the world. I say do it, and give Pakistan a concrete pretext to leave this organization.

One of the central topics of this moot is Islamophobia yet there is no meaningful dialogue on Kashmir or Palestine. On the issue of Uighurs Saudi does not have the gall to cross China. They will not risk angering France either despite everything that is happening there, so what is the point of this organization anyway? The only country they are willing to take a shot at is Myanmar because they know Myanmar can't do anything meaningful to hurt them.

Pakistan has been taught so many lessons about the need to develop a self-sustainable economy so that they can have an independent foreign policy but they just refuse to learn. Meanwhile Saudis continue to blackmail us with petrodollars and remittances, and all we can do is quietly comply.

Saudi Arabia is one of the worst, most oppressive regimes in the world that has no claim to being the leader of the Muslim ummah anymore. Their Cold War with Iran has spelled chaos in the Middle East and extended all the way to Pakistan and Afghanistan. They have killed so many innocents in Yemen, in what has been called as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. They have surrendered the Palestinian cause for their own narrow self-interests and are among the worst offenders of human rights on the planet.
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So, you are saying that Pakistan should leave OIC, and leave the room open for India to join OIC ?
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
OIC as an organization has lost what little credibility it had. It is purely an avenue for Saudi Arabia to project its hegemony in the Muslim world. They might aswell expel Palestine and Pakistan since they (Saudi & UAE) have surrendered the Palestinian cause, and on Kashmir, they are not even willing to have dialogue anymore. Seeing how they have already shown an intent to include India, one of the worst violators of the rights of Muslims in the world. I say do it, and give Pakistan a concrete pretext to leave this organization.

One of the central topics of this moot is Islamophobia yet there is no meaningful dialogue on Kashmir or Palestine. On the issue of Uighurs Saudi does not have the gall to cross China. They will not risk angering France either despite everything that is happening there, so what is the point of this organization anyway? The only country they are willing to take a shot at is Myanmar because they know Myanmar can't do anything meaningful to hurt them.

Pakistan has been taught so many lessons about the need to develop a self-sustainable economy so that they can have an independent foreign policy but they just refuse to learn. Meanwhile Saudis continue to blackmail us with petrodollars and remittances, and all we can do is quietly comply.

Saudi Arabia is one of the worst, most oppressive regimes in the world that has no claim to being the leader of the Muslim ummah anymore. Their Cold War with Iran has spelled chaos in the Middle East and extended all the way to Pakistan and Afghanistan. They have killed so many innocents in Yemen, in what has been called as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. They have surrendered the Palestinian cause for their own narrow self-interests and are among the worst offenders of human rights on the planet.
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For the longest time, the Saudis were rock solid and all-weather friends of ours. But ever since this sociopath MBS has come to power things have been on a radical shift. The sickness of this man was visible in the manner in which he had Jamal Khashoggi murdered.
 
Heisenberg111 said:
So, you are saying that Pakistan should leave OIC, and leave the room open for India to join OIC ?
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What is the point of OIC if it cannot even echo Pakistan's legitimate national interest, which coincidentally also happen to be a long standing issue of Muslim oppression?

The simple fact is that Pakistan cannot leave the OIC in anger. Because Pakistan has to maintain the notion that Saudi is an all-weather ally, eventhough this is becoming less and less true everyday. The reality is that regional alignments are bringing Pakistan, Turkey and Iran closer and Saudi Arabia's actions in the past year have been an affront to our national interests.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
What is the point of OIC if it cannot even echo Pakistan's legitimate national interest, which coincidentally also happen to be a long standing issue of Muslim oppression?
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No mention of Kashmir in tomm's meeting would be a humiliating outcome for Pakistan given how much they love to tout their muslim bhai bhai fellowship. MBS is a gem. He is a bringing genuine peace to the the region, first with his Israel dealings and now Pakistan snub.

Not that it is a big deal for India. Any mention of Kashmir from the OIC usually elicits a big yawn from the foreign ministry.
 
Thomaskutty said:
No mention of Kashmir in tomm's meeting would be a humiliating outcome for Pakistan given how much they love to tout their muslim bhai bhai fellowship. MBS is a gem. He is a bringing genuine peace to the the region, first with his Israel dealings and now Pakistan snub.

Not that it is a big deal for India. Any mention of Kashmir from the OIC usually elicits a big yawn from the foreign ministry.
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Are you talking about the guy who got a journalist chopped up?
 
Thomaskutty said:
No mention of Kashmir in tomm's meeting would be a humiliating outcome for Pakistan given how much they love to tout their muslim bhai bhai fellowship. MBS is a gem. He is a bringing genuine peace to the the region, first with his Israel dealings and now Pakistan snub.

Not that it is a big deal for India. Any mention of Kashmir from the OIC usually elicits a big yawn from the foreign ministry.
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How is MBS a gem? and how exactly is he bringing peace to the region? The man is a murderous sociopath who had a journalist chopped to pieces and who has committed war crime after war crime in Yemen ever since he took over as Defense Minister in 2015. Saudi fighter pilots who couldn't hit a target if their life depended on it have killed countless innocents and their indiscriminate bombing has hit everything from schools to children's school buses to homes of civilian population. There is a reason the situation in Yemen is called the "worst humanitarian crisis in the world today" and the biggest reason for that is not the civil conflict but Saudi Arabia.

On peace with Israel; all MBS is doing is pointing all the guns he possibly can on Iran, because Saudi obsession with Iran eclipses everything. This will only make the region a more dangerous place as Iran will be forced to find new ways to subvert this joint front.

Also, it seems patently obvious that India cares very much about the internationalization of the Kashmir issue. If India really cared as little as you say they wouldn't do anything. But they have quite clearly used their economic leverage with Saudi Arabia and convinced to discourage discussion on Kashmir. Kudos to India for using the leverage they have to their benefit. It's a success of their diplomacy. But let's not pretend like India doesn't care about this when something as insignificant as a map sends them into a tailspin.
 
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