Sharif, the Foreign Office said in a statement, will “specifically focus on the current situation, particularly the continuing grave violations of human rights” by Indian troops in Kashmir. Sharif held wide-ranging consultations with leaders of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the PoK chapter of the All Party Hurriyat Conference on Friday. This will be the second year in a row that Swaraj will counter Pakistan’s charges on Kashmir at the UN General Assembly. Though India and Pakistan often rake up the Kashmir issue at the General Assembly, India’sprovince, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, has added a new dimension to the sparring. There are also reports that Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti, living in self-exile in Switzerland, could get asylum in India.

Source: Manila Times September 17, 2016 14:03 UTC