Pakistan has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “misleading” BRICS countries and alleged that India is “desperately trying to hide its brutalities” in Jammu and Kashmir, where over 80 people have died since protests broke out in July. India later said it had carried out retaliatory “surgical strikes” across the Line of Control that inflicted significant casualties. Pakistan denied any role in the attack on the Uri army base, and also dismissed the surgical strikes as typical cross-border firing. India has since launched a diplomatic offence to isolate Pakistan, which India accuses of sponsoring cross-border terrorism. “The UN and OIC have rejected Indian attempts to equate Kashmiris’ movement for self-determination with terrorism.

Source: Hindustan Times October 17, 2016 04:19 UTC