ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has condemned in the strongest terms the highly reprehensible attacks against Kashmiri students in India after Pakistan’s win in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup.
In a statement on Wednesday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said this hateful behaviour is reflective of the BJP-RSS combine’s extremist “Hindutva” mindset against the minorities, particularly Muslims.
The spokesperson said such hate-mongering and Islamophobia reflects growing intolerance in India.
He urged Indian Government to take steps to thoroughly investigate the intimidation of and violence against the Kashmiri youth and the Muslim minority in the backdrop of the T20 cricket match.
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It may be noted that college students and staff have been booked by the police in Indian-occupied Kashmir under a harsh anti-terror law for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s victory against the Indian side in the T20 World Cup match.
According to a report by Kashmir Media Service, one of the first information reports (FIRs) — registered at Soura police station in occupied Kashmir — stated: “During [the] intervening night of October 24 and October 25, after Pakistan win T20 cricket match, students pursuing MBBS and other degrees residing in the unmarried hostel of SKIMS (Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences), Soura raised slogans and burst firecrackers”.
