India passes counter-resolution on Kashmir

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Mamoona Feroz
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In what looks like a tit-for-tat move, India has passed a resolution against Pakistan whose National Assembly adopted a resolution condemning the hanging and burial of former Kashmir militant, Afzal Guru, in New Delhi last month.

Both the Houses of parliament outrightly rejected the Pakistani resolution and unanimously asked the neighbouring country to not interfere in India’s internal affairs and desist from acts of support for terror elements.

In identical resolutions moved by presiding officers — Speaker Meira Kumar in Lok Sabha and Chairman Hamid Ansari in Rajya Sabha — both Houses asserted that the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir, including Azad Kashmir, “is and shall always be an integral part of India”.

Emphasising that any attempt to interfere in India’s internal affairs will be met “resolutely and with complete unity” of the nation, the Indian parliament asked Pakistan to fulfill its commitment of not allowing terrorism from its soil if it wanted peaceful relations with India.

“This House totally rejects the resolution passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan on March 14, 2013,” said the resolutions.

The National Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution condemning the hanging of Parliament House attack convict Afzal Guru and demanded that his body be returned to his family.

Pakistan’s resolution had also expressed concern at the situation created in Kashmir by the execution.

Noting that Pakistan had committed that it would not allow its territory to be used for terrorism against India, the resolutions said, “Only fulfillment of this commitment can be the basis for peaceful relations with Pakistan.”

Later, talking to reporters Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said, “India, as a responsible country, is doing things constitutionally, and as per the law. For the parliament of Pakistan to pass such a resolution is highly improper.”

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9 COMMENTS

  1. INDIAN RESOLUTION IS RUBBISH AND WHY INDIA IS ACOIDING TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHT IS NOT READY TO GIVE RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION TO KASHMIRIS? THIS IS BASELESS AND IS NOT JUSTIFIED PASSING OF RESOLUTION BY STAMPED INDIAN RUBBER-STAMPT PARLIAMENT AND ISCONDEMNABLE ACTS COMMITED IT.

  2. To Muhammad Bhat – Why Is Indian resolution baseless? Pakistan resolution shows that Afzal Guru is indeed a pakistani trained terrorist. Why did Pakistan not pass a resolution when the Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab who was identified that he was from pakistan was hanged?

    Don't have double standards here. The Indian Parlisament did the right thing and the Pak govt should stop supporting terrorists. The Pak parliament is nothing but a rubber stamp of the army and ISI.

    • Hey Murthy Please do not teach us what to do, just by kissing **** your country wont be number 1

      • Chal oye 2 -bit jehadi,

        And your bankrupt, failed, terror-infested beg gar country will tell us what to do ?
        You can not tell USA to stop killing your citizens in Drone attacks, you could not stop Raymond Davis…you can not stop killings of hundreds of pakis everyday..and u want to shed crocodile tears for a hanged kashmiri ?????? ahahahha
        All you Pakistanis are having poor intellect…because of medressahs..

  3. The tyrant govt of india is playing with the the sentiments of kashmiri people right from the accession which was temporary in nature.There r people in the Indian union who have not red about j.nehru who promised the people of kashmir that they will be given an opportunity to decide on their own accord about the future of kashmir.The goi has taken a no of steps to merge the sentiments of deppressed kashmiris with that of the whole but all in vain.we people r on the loosing sid and will never repose trust on goi.

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