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Pakistan Army fully supports govt’s rejection of Indian actions regarding IoK

Pakistan Army fully supports govt’s rejection of Indian actions regarding IoK
August 6, 2019
RAWALPINDI (92 news) – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa chaired a meeting of Corps Commanders conference on Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) situation at GHQ in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. According to tweet of Inter-Service Public Relation (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, the forum fully supported government’s rejection of Indian actions regarding the Occupied Kashmir. “Pakistan never recognised the sham Indian efforts to legalise its occupation of Jammu & Kashmir through article 370 or 35-A decades ago,” the DG ISPR tweeted. Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor also mentioned that ....efforts which have now been revoked by India itself. “Pakistan Army firmly stands by the Kashmiris in their just struggle to the very end. We are prepared and shall go to any extent to fulfil our obligations in this regard”, COAS affirmed according to the DG ISPR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntVFDJqlhSI A day earlier, the Indian government rushed through a presidential decree to scrap a special status for Indian-held Jammu Kashmir, hours after imposing a major security clampdown in the region. Amit Shah has announced to abrogate Articles 370 and 35A from its constitution, which gives special status and rights to the people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The announcement was made by Indian Home Minister Amit Shah while addressing in Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian parliament. Amit Shah also announced that Jammu and Kashmir would be re-organized geographically. Amit Shah also announced that Jammu and Kashmir now a union territory with legislature,and it is no more a State. He also announced that Ladakh will also be union territory without legislature. He said that President of India had issued a notification in this regard. After Amit Shah proposed that the regulation under Article 370 will not be applicable after Presidential nod, the Rajya Sabha witnessed massive uproar with the opposition slamming the Centre over the move. The opposition denied to accept the decision of government and harshly reacted on the bill. Before the introduction of the bill, the Kashmir issue rocked the Rajya Sabha as Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad raised the current situation in Kashmir. “Entire Kashmir is under curfew. It’s a war-like situation. Three chief ministers are under house arrest. That should be discussed first,” Ghulam Nabi Azad said in the Rajya Sabha. Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the Union Cabinet meet amid tensions in the Occupied Kashmir.