Anti-India rallies in Pakistan-administered Kashmir over disputed status
Hundreds of people walked in cashmere administered by Pakistan to mark the sixth anniversary of India’s dismissal of the semi-automobile status of the contested region after confrontations between the two nations in May raised the fears of a potential nuclear conflict.
The demonstrators demanded on Tuesday the restoration of the State for the side administered by India in the Himalayan region, which was divided between the two nations and claimed by the two in its entirety.
Article 370 Of the constitution of India, granting its state of status of cashmere and Jammu, was revoked on August 5, 2019 by the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The status had guaranteed special rights on the state of Muslim majority, including its own constitution and autonomy to make laws on all questions, with the exception of defense, communications and foreign affairs.
In the supply of this decision, India has sent thousands of additional soldiers to the contested region, imposed a paralyzing, closed telecommunications and arrest of political leaders. Since thenMany journalists and activists have been arrested under “anti -terrorist” laws, local communities have suffered from an influx of new residents and attacks are increasing.
The main demonstration on Tuesday in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Kashmir administered by Pakistan, attracted hundreds of civil society members and political parties. In the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, where similar anti-Indian demonstrations took place, Vice-Prime Minister Ishaq Dar reaffirmed the moral and diplomatic support of Pakistan to Cashmiris seeking what he called “the freedom of the illegal occupation of India”.
Mazhar Saeed Shah – A conference chief of all the Hurriyat parties, an alliance of Political and Religious Groups Cashmiri Pro -independence – urged the international community to help ensure that Cachemiris have the right to self -determination, as planned in United Nations resolutions decades ago.
Meanwhile, in Srinagar, in cashmere administered in India, the supporters of the India National Congress Party have joined the government to restore the state of the contested region.
Increased tensions between India and Pakistan
Tuesday rallies come almost three months after Pakistan and India exchanged military strikes on a mass shot In Pahalgam, India, cashmere administered that New Delhi blamed in Islamabad – an accusation that Pakistan denied.
It was the worst dead end of nuclear weapons neighbors since 1999, and more than 70 people were killed in missile, drone and artillery fire on both sides. The confrontation raised concerns concerning a possible military escalation before the global powers disoriented the crisis. Although the ceasefire of May 10 has held, tensions still simmer.
New Delhi Last week said Three Pakistani men who led Pahalgam’s attack were killed during a firearm battle on July 28 at the outskirts of Srinagar.
The High Level Tribunal of India will hear a plea for the restoration of the federal state of cashmere this week, judicial leaders announced on Tuesday. The hearing, scheduled for the Supreme Court on Friday, is following a request filed by two residents.
The Supreme Court in December 2023 confirmed the withdrawal of the autonomy of the region, but called on the Jammu and the cashmere to be restored in the state and to put itself equally with any other Indian Federal State “as soon as possible and as soon as possible”.
In November, the cashmere elected its first government since its direct control of New Delhi while the voters supported the opposition parties to direct its regional assembly. But the local government has limited powers, and the territory continues to be for all practical purposes governed by an appointed administrator of New Delhi.
