Omer Farooq Khan
Altaf Hussain, founder of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), one of Pakistan’s main political parties, has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to grant him and his colleagues asylum in India.
Raking up the Kashmir issue, Khan said: “Eight million Muslims in Kashmir are under siege for almost now six weeks. He made these comments in an interview to Al Jazeera .
On the face of it though, the meeting proved to be of little use with a visibly harried Jadhav, as MEA said in a statement, parroting a false narrative to bolster Pakistan’s untenable claims.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan told a special session of the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir "assembly" in Muzaffarabad that India had plans to attack PoK. He said that by revoking Article 370, India had internationalised Kashmir.
"Commander Jadhav shall remain in Pakistan. He shall be treated in accordance with the laws of Pakistan. This is a victory for Pakistan," Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in tweet.
Pakistan has turned down India’s request to lift the restriction, linking the use of its airspace with the removal of fighter planes from Indian forward airbases.
Cases have been registered in Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan for collecting funds for terrorism through assets/properties held as trusts and non-profit organizations (NPOs).
Pakistan PM Imran Khan was quoted by media as saying that India is in the grip of “war hysteria” following last month’s tensions.
Arif Ahmad Khan, federal secretary of the finance division, had warned that global economic sanctions could be imposed on Pakistan in case the country failed to take action on FATF recommendations.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said he had written two letters to the OIC protesting against the decision to invite his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj as guest of honour.
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