ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has expressed the desire for an early holding of SAARCSummit to promote regional cooperation.
At his weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, Foreign OfficeSpokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal said all the other South Asian countriesexcept one have also expressed the desire of early happening of the summit.
He said the 19th SAARC summit will be held in Islamabad and it is to beseen whether India wants to move forward on SAARC.
When asked about the contentious Indian citizenship legislation, thespokesperson said Pakistan and other regional countries have condemned it.
He said this act of India is driven by a toxic mix of extremist Hindutvaideology and hegemonic ambitions in the region. He noted that voices arealso being raised within and outside India against the discriminatorylegislation.
Voicing concerns over the situation in occupied Kashmir, Dr Muhammad Faisalsaid the humanitarian nightmare is worsening in the valley with continuedmilitary lockdown and complete communications blackout.
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This, he said, is affecting the life and property of millions of Kashmiripeople who have been cut off from the rest of the world.
Dr Muhammad Faisal said India should immediately restore internet andmobile phone services, release all the prisoners and remove all thedraconian laws.
He said India should allow international media and human rights observersto visit Occupied Kashmir to independently observe the situation the
