Pak Condemns India on Killing of Civilians in KashmirPakistan Wednesday condemned the reported loss of many civilian lives in an attack on August 1 in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.A Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman said here that at the present important juncture, "when India is beginning to realize the futility of its efforts to impose a military solution on Kashmir, it is attempting to divide the Kashmiri freedom movement which has shown great determination and has remained united in the face of years of brutal Indian repression." The spokesman said that initial reports do not rule out the possibility of killings resulting from firing by the Indian forces. On previous occasions, terrorist acts aimed at civilians have been carried out by renegade elements, at the behest of the Indian security forces, to malign the Kashmiri freedom struggle internationally, he observed. At least 32 people including 5 Hindu pilgrims was killed and several dozens injured on Tuesday when India-claimed "a group of Mujahideen" opened fired at a crowded marketplace in Pahalgam, 97 kilometers south of Srinagar, capital of India-controlled Kashmir. |
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