ISLAMABAD -United States media reports reveal India is frustrated overdiplomtic rise of Pakistan in the World and Indian Occupied Kashmir actioncan be result of that.
A report in the *Washington Post*linkpointedout that such “measures have sparked fears in Kashmir that New Delhi isplanning to scrap an Indian constitutional provision that forbids Indiansfrom outside the region from buying land in the Muslim-majority territory”.
*The New York Times* also published this reportlink,noting that in recent days, “India has deployed at least 10,000 troops inKashmir, with media reports of a further 25,000 ordered to one of theworld’s most militarised regions”.
Posts on the social media warned that doing away with the constitutionalprovisions that protect Kashmir’s status was “stoking fires in the region”.
The posts speculated that one of the main reasons for the Indian move couldbe its disappointment with the restoration of Pakistan’s role in the Afghanpeace process, “which could seriously curtail India’s influence in thatcountry”.
One post noted that India was also concerned about Pakistan’s efforts torestore its ties with the United States and with Washington’s decision toresume repair and refurbishing of the F-16 fighter jets Pakistan has beenusing.
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Some posts also noted that at a recent congressional hearing, the nominatedhead of the US armed forces, Gen Mark A. Milley, advocated maintainingstrong ties with the Pakistani military.
Reports in the *Post* and *NYT* noted that recent escalations had come amid“offers by President Trump to mediate to resolve the Kashmir issue”.
The US media pointed out that several other governments had also issuedtravel advisories, urging its citizens to leave India-held Kashmir.
The reports noted that in its election manifesto earlier this year, PrimeMinister Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party promised to do away with specialrights for Kashmiris under India’s constitution.
