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| Pakistan expels Indian envoy & recalls ambassador over Kashmir row | Pakistan expels Indian envoy & recalls ambassador over Kashmir row |
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| The Pakistani government is expelling an Indian envoy from the country and recalling its own ambassador from India, in response to a move by New Delhi to revoke legal autonomy from its part of contested Kashmir. | The Pakistani government is expelling an Indian envoy from the country and recalling its own ambassador from India, in response to a move by New Delhi to revoke legal autonomy from its part of contested Kashmir. |
| The decision was made on Wednesday following a meeting of Pakistan’s National Security Committee, which resolved to “downgrade” diplomatic relations with India and to freeze trade ties. | |
| “Our ambassadors will no longer be in New Delhi and their counterparts here will also be sent back,” Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said, as cited by ARY News. | “Our ambassadors will no longer be in New Delhi and their counterparts here will also be sent back,” Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said, as cited by ARY News. |
| Earlier this week, New Delhi moved to revoke the special autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir, two predominately Muslim regions in India, over which Pakistan also has territorial claims. | Earlier this week, New Delhi moved to revoke the special autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir, two predominately Muslim regions in India, over which Pakistan also has territorial claims. |
| The move was spearheaded by India’s ruling BJP party, which argues the autonomous status for the provinces was discriminatory, as the arrangement previously limited immigration in the regions. | The move was spearheaded by India’s ruling BJP party, which argues the autonomous status for the provinces was discriminatory, as the arrangement previously limited immigration in the regions. |
| A statement issued after the meeting said that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan had “directed that all diplomatic channels be activated to expose the brutal Indian racist regime, its [ill-will] and human rights violations.” | A statement issued after the meeting said that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan had “directed that all diplomatic channels be activated to expose the brutal Indian racist regime, its [ill-will] and human rights violations.” |
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