Businessmen Panel (BMP) secretary general (Federal) Chaudhry Ahmad Jawad has reiterated that the Indian government ought to accept responsibility for the human rights violations being carried out in occupied Jammu and Kashmir. He in this context mentioned that occupied territory, since August 5, had incurred a loss of 3,900 crore Indian rupees due to constant lock-down.
Ahmad Jawad said even vacant houseboats and deserted hotels present a grim picture of the tourism sector in the occupied valley with dire impact on the lives of the general population. He said the Indian govt's action in the held Jammu and Kashmir reflected its growing frustration with regard to the CPEC.
Kashmir and the CPEC he said, were interdependent on each other influencing regional peace and development, which was unfortunately not acceptable for India. "In its desperation, India has made China too as one of the stakeholders in its long pending bilateral dispute with Pakistan," he said.
Elaborating his stance, Jawad said "silent lip on Jammu & Kashmir from the last 54 days by the international community has been proved that trade and economic interests is far superior then humanity." Similarly by revoking the special status of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK), the BJP govt had showed its frustration for not being able to get altered one of the CPEC routes that passed through Gilgit-Baltistan.
"The BJP government, comprising right wing extremists, is also conscious that it can never affect the CPEC project that has already turned into a hard reality," he added. Jawad maintained that Indian action had also drawn the world attention towards its atrocities on the IoK people in a bid to deprive them the right to self determination.
He said India got panicked after the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government released over Rs 183 million for the construction of the first phase of the mega Special Economic Zone approved under the CPEC. Mirpur would have the giant 9th Special Economic Zone (SEZ), over an area of 9500 kanals of land under the CPEC," he added.
Indian resistance against the China Pakistan Economic Corridor was cited to be predominantly based on its stance related to the Gilgit-Baltistan region, he said. "Conversely, Beijing's position on the matter is neutral to date, which has asked India asked to become a part of CPEC and resolve the Kashmir dispute through negotiation with Pakistan," he added.
China, he said, had always adhered to the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries. Given the massive investment that China has made in the countries along the One Belt - One Road (OBOR), he said it had also a vested interest in helping resolve regional conflicts, including the Kashmir dispute.
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