Re: Strike shuts Kashmir on India’s Republic Day
Actually, Balochis have never requested Independance, atleast not the leaders there… Although there are some who do want independace, I thik most would be satisfied with more autonomy.
The problems in Balochistan problem has just started and the govt tends to not allow journalists free access.. As far as strikes go, we all know when Quetta is on strike, the journalists there report things immediatly. This then is no different from how things are in Kashmir. Crimes such as dissapearances have occured in Balochistan, although in Pak, we have found out about them as people have come out with this info… In Kashmir, outside of reporting strikes, how many report on “encounter” killings, dissapearances etc.
As far as punishing the person involved in any crimes, the govt is at fault for not punishing the soldier involved. But things arent that much different in India, some soldiers have been punished, but human rights violations have been going on for over ten years, and how many people have been punished? I mean you guys have yet to punish the people behind the Gujrat riots…
Pakistan only administers Kashmir, its not recognized as an official part of Pakistan, another reason why we want to resolve the issue. Indias elections have been rigged on many occasions and was part of the reason why the freedom struggle started.
Whether the Kashmiris like the jihadists or not is beyond the point…
Fact is that like Ikarhoon said, Kashmiris still would perfer freedom, and if not comlete independance, they would perfer to be with Pakistan.