Ever since PM Modi's speech on August 15, several Baloch leaders have showered praise for his stance on Balochistan - " Rakhi message for PM Modi from Balochistan: Be our brother, be our voice"
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Sub : Going to Pakistan or to hell is the same thing: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
Ref : The strained ties between India and Pakistan only seem to be getting worse - Media Reports
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday equated Pakistan with hell. "Going to Pakistan or to hell is the same thing," CNN-News18 quoted him as saying. "Unable to inflict major damage, Pakistan is trying to inflict small wounds," he further said.
Parrikar's remark comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his speech on Independence Day at Red Fort in New Delhi, brought up Pakistani atrocities on people of Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
"From the ramparts of the Red Fort, I want to express my gratitude to some people - the people of Balochistan, Gilgit and Pak-occupied Kashmir (PoK) - for the way they wholeheartedly thanked me, the way they expressed gratitude to me, the way they conveyed their goodwill to me recently," Modi had said.
That was for the first time the disturbed areas in the control of Pakistan had been mentioned by any Indian Prime Minister during his Independence Day speech.
Though Modi did not make any reference to Kashmir Valley which is witnessing violence after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, he accused Pakistan of glorifying terrorists and celebrating killings in India. This was an obvious reference to Wani who has been hailed as a martyr by Pakistan.
The remarks also come in the backdrop of recent comments by Modi during an all-party meet on Kashmir that the time had come to expose the atrocities committed "by our neighbouring nation" in Balochistan and the areas of Jammu and Kashmir under its illegal occupation.
The Prime Minister had asked the international community to judge the behaviour of India and Pakistan in the context of terror attacks in each other's country.
"When children were killed in terror attack on a school in Peshawar (about two years back), there were tears in our Parliament. Indian children were traumatised. This is the example of our humanity. But look at the other side where terrorism is glorified," Modi had said.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh had also blamed Pakistan for the unrest in Kashmir. On 10 August, he had in the Rajya Sabha, "What is happening in Kashmir is sponsored by Pakistan."
He had also responded to Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's statement on Jammu and Kashmir and had said that "no power" could take away Kashmir from India.
"Two weeks ago, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif said that he is waiting for the day when Kashmir will become Pakistan's. He has also written a letter to the UN Secretary General saying there should be a plebiscite in Kashmir. On the basis of the statements made in the House, I can say that no power in the world can take Jammu and Kashmir from us. If there is dialogue with Pakistan, it won't be on Kashmir, it will be on Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir," the Home Minister had said.
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Sub : Do they know red line? Govt slams Pak for saying Modi crossed line by talking about Balochistan
Ref : “The ball is in Pakistan’s court now. They had made an offer, We have responded to the offer. It is up to them to carry it forward,” said Swarup. - Media Reports
Reacting to Pakistan Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nafis Zakaria’s statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi crossed the “red line” by talking about Balochistan, the Ministry of External Affairs today said it finds it an extraordinary remark by a country which recognises no red line in its diplomacy.
Pakistan Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nafis Zakaria 
“I find this an extraordinary remark from a senior functionary of Pakistan that recognizes no red lines in its own diplomacy. Pakistan’s record of cross-border terrorism and infiltration is at the heart of the problems in the region today. And this not just India’s view. You can ask some other countries in the region too,” said Vikas Swarup, spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs.
Swarup said the ball was in Pakistan’s court on holding Foreign Secretary-level talks as it was for Islamabad to decide on readiness to discuss issues of cross-border terrorism, vacation of illegal occupation of parts of Jammu and Kashmir and closing down terror camps.
In a response to his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry’s offer for talks on Kashmir, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said discussions should focus on cessation of terrorist activities in J&K and ending incitement to violence and terror in the Valley.
Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar
Swarup said Jaishankar conveyed that he accepts his counterpart’s invitation to visit Islamabad but made it clear the discussions should focus first on the pressing aspects of the J&K situation flagged by him.
“In a letter dated August 16, Foreign Secretary has first of all underlined that Pakistan’s self-serving allegations made in their communication are rejected in their entirety by the Government of India.
Pakistan has no locus standi in respect of J&K, which is an integral part of our nation,” said Swarup.
Deliberations should also focus on denying safe haven, shelters and support to terrorists in Pakistan who have escaped Indian law, Jaishankar said in his letter.
“The ball is in Pakistan’s court now. They had made an offer, We have responded to the offer. It is up to them to carry it forward,” said Swarup.
The response also conveyed that detaining and prosecuting internationally recognised Pakistani terrorist leaders who have been publicly active in exhorting and supporting such violence in that state should be part of the talks besides closing down terrorist training camps, Swarup added.
The Foreign Secretary said he looked forward to discussing with his Pakistani counterpart the “earliest possible vacation of Pakistan’s illegal occupation of the Indian state of J&K”.
In his letter, the Foreign Secretary also underlined the importance of bringing to justice all those guilty in Pakistan for the attacks in Mumbai and at Pathankot airbase.
“He said that his visit should provide the opportunity to receive a briefing from Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary on progress in this regard,” said Swarup.
“The world is aware that Pakistan has a long history of violence and terrorism against India, as also in the broader region,” Swarup said, adding the talks between the two countries must be held as per the framework of the Simla agreement of 1972 and Lahore Declaration of February 1999.
“The Indian state of J&K has been its particular target. This record began with the Government of Pakistan sending armed raiders into J&K in 1947 and was repeated in 1965.
“More than three decades later, displaying a similar attitude, military personnel were infiltrated across the Line of Control in Kargil in 1999. This approach to India was reflected in support for terrorist activities in Jammu & Kashmir that continues to the present day.
“These acts were initially denied by the Government of Pakistan and attributed to local population, only to be admitted later by Pakistan’s leaders who directed and organised such cross-border attacks on India, and assaults on the local people,” he said.
Referring to the Lahore Declaration of February 1999, he said then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had reiterated Pakistan’s determination to implement the Simla Agreement in letter and spirit.
He also talked about the assurance given by then President Musharraf in January 2004 that he will not permit any territory under Pakistan’s control to be used to support terrorism against India.
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Karima Baloch
Sub : Rakhi message for PM Modi from Balochistan: Be our brother, be our voice
Ref : Ever since PM Modi's speech on August 15, several Baloch leaders have showered praise for his stance on Balochistan.
Three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked the struggles of Baloch nationalists in Pakistan, in his Independence Day speech, a student leader from the turbulent neighboring region took the occasion of Raksha Bandhan to express her gratitude.
Karima Baloch, the chairperson of Baloch Student Organisation, in a video posted on activist Tarek Fatah’s Youtube channel, asked PM Modi to be a brother to Baloch women who have lost their brothers in atrocities inflicted by Pakistan Army in the region, asking him to further their cause on the international forum.
“Hum apni jung khud lad lege, aap bas humari awaaz ban jae (We will fight our own war, you just be our voice),” Karima said, in her message to PM Modi, requesting him to engage the world in a dialogue about the genocide and human rights violations in Balochistan.
Karima Baloch in a screenshot of the video message for PM Modi. (Source: Youtube/Tarek Fateh)
By: The Indian Express
https://youtu.be/vbUUepEGwsk?t=1
Karima concluded the video with a message for the Prime Minister in his native language, Gujarati, saying that the Baloch community would be grateful if he stands with them.
Ever since PM Modi’s speech on August 15 mentioned Balochistan, several Baloch leaders have showered praise for his stance on Balochistan
Khalil Baloch, chairman of the Baloch National Movement, said in a statement that the “policy of indifference towards Pakistan’s war crimes in occupied Balochistan that include both ethnic cleansing and genocide, adapted by the international community is worrying. The Indian Prime Minister’s statement on Balochistan is a positive development.”
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Digvijaya Singh
Sub : Digvijaya Singh clarifies after calling Kashmir as ‘India-occupied Kashmir’
Ref : Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Thursday used the term “Indian occupied Kashmir” (IOK) for Kashmir while trying to corner Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the state of affairs in the valley.
“Narendra Modi ji is more concerned about Pakistan occupied Kashmir. He thanks the people living in that area and that of Balochistan. But he is not ready to talk with people living in Kashmir. If we have to bring trust in the region, whether its Indian occupied Kashmir or Pakistan occupied Kashmir, we have to do that through talks,” Singh told reporters in Bhopal.
The Congress leader, however, very soon went in damage control mode as he said that the Prime Minister is least bothered about Kashmir, which is an integral part of India.
“I said that Prime Minister Modi is not concerned about India’s Kashmir but about PoK. Kashmir is an integral part of India,” he said.
The prime minister had, in his Independence Day speech, attacked Pakistan over alleged human rights abuses in Balochistan, Gilgit and “occupied” Kashmir.
“I want to specially thank some special people from the Red Fort. In the last few days, people of Balochistan, Gilgit and Pak-occupied Kashmir had conveyed good wishes and gratitude to me,” Modi said in his address from the ramparts of Red Fort.
My views
1. Pakistan is a place where an rich elite landlords from Punjab province occupy all important key positions and swallow the resources of poor, innocent and ignorant people, thereafter exploit by spreading hatred against Bharatham;
2. Army and ISI have prodominent roles in this demonic activities;
3. Bharatham must be cautious in dealing with these criminals, and hectic actions needed to raise the world opinions against Pak;
4. And isolate them from the main stream;
5. Wonder the west and USA TILL THIS DAY ACTED WORSE AND FOOLISH ENOUGH TO SUPPORT PAK AND ITS CRUELTY !!!
6. Congress leaders stupid statements, accusing PM each and every thing , Citizens of Bharatham throw them out of Politics soon;
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