ISLAMABAD - Indian top officials had to face big embarassment at the Commonwealth Paliametary Conference when Pakistan strongly raised the Occupied Kashmir lockdown which was applauded by other members.
India was urged and tried to criticised Pakistan's stand on the Kashmir issue as "propaganda" at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Uganda and saying military rule is the tradition of Islamabad, so it cannot object to military rule in Occupied Kashmir.
However the Indian reply failed to earn any support from the member countries.
The Pakistani delegation raised the heavy presence of security forces in the Valley at the 64th meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Kampala, which the Indian side countered.
The Indian delegation, which included MPs Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Roopa Ganguly and L Hanumanthaiah, said the tradition of military rule is prevalent in Pakistan and the country has been under such rule for 33 years, according to a statement issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
The Indian delegation led by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is taking part in the conference which will conclude on Sunday. Advertisement
The presiding officers and secretaries of state legislatures, who are members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, are participating in the conference.