ISLAMABAD – Pakistan makes two key demands from BRITAIN, An apology overJallianwala massacre and return of precious jewel.
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday asked Britain to returnthe Koh-i-Noor diamond – subject to a bitter ownership battle – to Pakistan
The Koh-i-Noor (“Mountain of Light”), now part of the British Crown Jewels,has witnessed the birth and the fall of empires across the Indiansubcontinent.
Fawad also reiterated and endorsed the demand that Britain must apologiseto Pakistan, India and Bangladesh for the 1919 Jallianwala Baghmassacre, in which British troops opened fire on thousands of unarmedprotesters and killed scores.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday expressed regret for themassacre by British troops in India in 1919 but stopped short of a fullapology.
“We deeply regret what happened and the suffering caused,”
