Islamabad, Nov 24: Pakistan today flayed British Prime Minister Tony Blair for his recent remarks that the violence in Jammu and Kashmir was terrorism and not a "freedom struggle". Such statements caused "palpable anger in Pakistan and Kashmir," Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said reacting to Blair's remarks.
"People had not forgotten the role of the British government in blocking the right of self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir," Khan told reporters at a weekly briefing here.
Reiterating Pakistan's allegations of human rights violations in Kashmir, Khan said "the stark reality is that what is happening in Kashmir is not terrorism, but a result of human rights violations."
Bureau Report