Fawad also endors­es demand that Britai­n should apolog­ise to Pakist­an, India for 1919 Amrits­ar massac­reInformation Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday asked Britain to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond – subject to a bitter ownership battle – to PakistanThe Koh-i-Noor (“Mountain of Light”), now part of the British Crown Jewels, has witnessed the birth and the fall of empires across the Indian subcontinent. Fawad also reiterated and endorsed the demand that Britain must apologise to Pakistan, India and Bangladesh for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, in which British troops opened fire on thousands of unarmed protesters and killed scores. “We deeply regret what happened and the suffering caused,” May told the British parliament, as India prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of the killings. Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour Party, called for “a full, clear and unequivocal apology”. Former British prime minister David Cameron described it as “deeply shameful” during a visit in 2013 but also stopped short of an apology.

Source: The Express Tribune April 11, 2019 08:15 UTC