Pakistanis warn India about consequences of 'brutalities' in Kashmir
Javed Rana
Press TV, Islamabad
Thousands of people turned out on the streets of Islamabad to express their outrage against India for refusing to lift a curfew which has been in place for over a month in the disputed Kashmir region.
The anger among Pakistanis and Kashmiris has been running high against India for causing severe shortage of food and medical supplies amid reports of people dying of starvation.
An unprecedented crisis triggered on August 5 after India scrapped the special status of Jammu and Kashmir region and annexed the disputed territory. The hugely controversial Indian decision was in defiance of numerous UN Security Council resolutions which call for plebiscite to let people decide on whether they want to stay with India or join Pakistan.
The disputed region has been cut off from the rest of the world since August 5 due to continued blockade of roads and suspension of internet, mobile, landline services and shutting down of all TV channels. There have been hundreds of violent protests by angry Kashmiris in defiance of strict clampdown by nearly 900,000 military and paramilitary troops in 14 million populated Muslim majority region under Indian control.
Jails inside Kashmir region have run out of their capacity and now the Indian security forces are moving thousands of Kashmiris out of the disputed territory.
There are growing incidents of rape, sodomy, torture and killing of Kashmiris to quell ongoing unprecedented uprising against New Delhi in Kashmir. Analysts point out that inaction by the international community may aggravate the humanitarian crisis in the disputed territory and escalate border tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
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