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New Hindu settlements in Indian Kashmir condemnable: FO

Spokesperson says the issue of Kashmir should be resolved according to the aspirations of Kashmiris through plebiscite

Web Desk April 30, 2015

In this file photo, an Indian paramilitary trooper checks the identity card of a Kashmiri cyclist during a curfew in downtown Srinagar. PHOTO: AFP

Pakistan condemned on Thursday new Hindu settlements built in Indian Kashmir.

“Kashmir is a disputed territory and this issue has to be resolved according to the aspirations of the Kashmiri people through a plebiscite,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said, during her at her weekly press briefing in Islamabad.

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COMMENTS (8)

mariaanna | 9 years ago | Reply I Hate this Hindu Jew Voracity to grab the world. Hinduism & Judaism are satanic Thoughts.

Dr.A.K.Tewari | 9 years ago | Reply In occupied Kashmir you are selling land to foreigners then why we can not build colonies for IDPs in J&K . Noe we will treat you people as Israeil is treating Palestinians . Tit for tat policy .

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prakash | 9 years ago | Reply @pakistani: try ur best.....

Sam | 9 years ago | Reply Condemning settlements of Kashmiris in Kashmir is the equivalent of condemning settlements of Palestinians in Palestine.

Shakti | 9 years ago | Reply Let's not forget that Kashmir was entirely Hindu land before the invaders came. There are temples there that are older than 2000 years.

pakistani | 9 years ago | Reply @Milind: we do.

Surya | 9 years ago | Reply They are settlements for my community. We are Kashmiri Pandits, who were butchered and forced out of our own land by the majority community and Pakistani sponsored terrorists. The government wants to rehabilitate us, so what's the problem in that? Kashmir was the fountainhead of vedic civilisation, so we are returning to where we belong. My house in Rajbagh, Srinagar was occupied by our neighbours after we fled. How can we go back there? There's no space for us, except in new townships and smart cities that modi wants to build.

Milind | 9 years ago | Reply "New Hindu settlements in Indian Kashmir condemnable: FO" - Who cares???

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