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| 'Stalled composite dialogue must be reactivated' | | India shouldn't resort to aggressive posturing: PoK PM | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, AUG. 17:
Prime Minister of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Atique Ahmed Khan, has, once again, warned India not to indulge in any aggressive posturing in the territory controlled by Pakistan. If India undetakes any adventure, then "every inch" of the PoK will "work as Pakistan" to protect the lives of the people in the ocupied territory.
In a media interview recorded in Muzaffarabad, capital city of the PoK, Atique Ahmed Khan recalled that it took the people of Pakistan 18 months in the 1940s to establish their claim over their part of Kashmir, Gilgit and Baltistan. This, he warned, should servie as a mesage to New Delhi to avoid misadventures at any cost. Khan was quoted as saying: "We had to fight every inch of the way for Gilgit, Baltistan and Kashmir. We beat the Indian Army. We did not get this area through negotiation or by givng alms. India should abstain from making false excuses or indulging in hype-related talk".
Attique Ahmed Khan said that both India and Pakistan must work together to reactivate the stalled composite dialogue process to ensure peace and stability in South Asia. Responding to a question, Khan argued that both New Delhi and Islamabad had to keep in mind that a failed composite dialogue would send out wrong signals to the international community, and eventually lead to a resurfacing of doubts and concerns about the future geo-politics of the South Asian region.
"I do not only insist, but express the view that both sides need to find a way of taking the suspended peace process forward and in a progressive manner," Khan was quoted as saying. He stressed that every effort must be made to ensure that South Asia was not converted into a battleground again.
The PoK Prime Minister stated that India and Pakistan needed to co-exist, and not at the cost of one another. He added that aggression by either country was not the need of the hour. |
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