NEW DELHI, September 16: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday has said that Indian stood divided after the Indian Supreme Court ordered New Delhi to restore normalcy in Indian-occupied Kashmir.
Talking to the media, the foreign minister said that the verdict of the Indian top court was an affirmation of the stance Pakistan had taken on the issue of occupied Kashmir.
On Monday, the Supreme Court of India had decided to take up multiple pleas against the August 5 decision of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revoke the constitutional autonomy of Indian-occupied Kashmir.
After the hearings, the court ordered New Delhi to restore normalcy in occupied Kashmir and provide the internet and other communications facilities in the area, according to a report in Indian daily India.
On August 5, Indian PM Modi had passed a bill which split occupied
Kashmir into two Indian Union territories. A military curfew was imposed in the occupied valley after the decision and thousands imprisoned.
Terming the decision of the top court in India a step in the right direction, Qureshi said that the verdict passed by the court actually represented the division of opinion in India over the polarizing policies of premier Modi.
“Restoring normalcy means that the curfew should be lifted and communications to the occupied valley restored,” elaborated the minister, saying the verdict would damage the devious plans of the Modi government with regards to occupied Kashmir.
Earlier on Sunday, Qureshi said that the whole nation of 220 million stood behind the armed forces, who are fully prepared to counter any aggression by India.
Qureshi was addressing a public meeting at Rangeelpur, where local politician Rana Sajjad Hameed and his group joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader. -DNA
