MIRPUR (AJK) – Azad Jammu Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan onThursday called for immediate increase in the defense budget of the countryfollowing Indian prime minister and Army Chief’s provocative statements andthreats to Pakistan and liberated territory of AJK.
Sharing his views on different resolutions moved by the members on thefloor of the AJK legislative assembly session held in the State’smetropolis on Thursday, Raja Farooq Haider said Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and Army Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane’s recent threats toattack Azad Kashmir are highly condemnable and should not be taken lightly.
“It could be possible that such threats were being used as a tool to winupcoming elections in Delhi and another state in India. However, NarendraModi in his election manifesto had pledged to revoke the special status ofthe Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K) and revenge of Pulwama incident. Hefulfilled his both commitment made with his people, although there was nohuman loss in the Indian airstrike”, he commented.
The Prime Minister warned that India is consistently enhancing its militarymight and tried to exert pressure on the neighboring countries particularlyPakistan by its armed exercise on January 26. “Pakistan is the only hurdlein Indian expansionist designs and her access to the central and easternregion”, he added.
Raja Farooq Haider asked the members of the House to pass a specialresolution regarding Indian provocative statements and threats. “It wouldbe sent to the government of Pakistan”, he directed.
Referring to the ongoing relief and rehabilitation operations in thecalamity hit areas of the state; he told the House that government hasincreased the compensatory amount for the family of the deceased in thetragedy from Rs 150,000 to Rs 400,000.
He lauded the role of Pak Army, NDMA, SDMA, police, civil administration,local volunteers for effectively responding the recent natural calamity.
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The prime minister said,”We couldn’t stop the occurrence of naturaldisasters. However, we can mitigate the vulnerabilities of affectedpopulation through rapid response.”
He also expressed profound gratitude to national and internationalhumanitarian organizations, donor agencies including WHO, WFP and othersfor extending their support in rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts.
Referring to the IOJ&K situation, Raja Farooq Haider said that his heartwas aching while seeing the Indian atrocities and barbarism in the heldvalley.
He said it was high time to adopt a unanimous narrative over Kashmir toappraise the world about the sensitivity of the issue.
