Tharoor, took the floor at the Asian Parliamentary Assembly convened on the sidelines of the Inter-Parliamentary Union annual meet, to deplore a letter from the chairman of the Pakistan Senate which blamed developments in Jammu and Kashmir for the country's inability to host the APA plenary scheduled for December 2020, sources said.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the 'Sangam Youth Festival' at University Campus, Bhaderwah, General Officer Commander in Chief, Northern Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh said he had high hopes from the valley's youngsters.
In his tweet, the Pakistan prime minister said the ongoing protests in Hong Kong have gained international relevance, while the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is being ignored in headlines.
According to the Ministry of Information, a human chain will be formed under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan here from the Convention Centre to D-Chowk at 3.30 p.m.
He made the remarks during a meeting with US Senators Chris Van Hollen and Margaret C Hassan, who called on the prime minister in Islamabad.
Jaishankar arrived here on Sunday night from New York after attending the annual General Assembly session of the United Nations along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"He (Abdullah) is under detention under the Public Safety Act," a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told Vaiko's counsel.
Prime Minister Khan, who focussed on the Kashmir issue in his maiden address to the UN General Assembly, told his party workers at the airport here that “whether the world is with the Kashmiris or not, we are standing with them.”
India strongly criticised on Saturday Pakistan's stand on the Kashmir issue as "propaganda" at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Uganda and said the military rule is the tradition of Islamabad.
The US has asked Pakistan why it is only bothered about the human rights of Muslims in Kashmir and is not highlighting the "horrific conditions" that continue to exist for the members of the community throughout China.
Restrictions under Section 144 CrPc were imposed on Friday morning in various parts of the valley, the officials said.
On a previous occasion, Imran Khan had told reporters he is disappointed with the international community over the kind of lukewarm response he has been receiving from all quarters.
Last year, then external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj left the room after her statement at the SAARC Council of Ministers' Meeting, amid tensions between the two countries following the brutal killings of three policemen in Jammu and Kashmir and Islamabad releasing postage stamps "glorifying" a slain Kashmiri militant.
Even as he backed India's position on Pakistan-sponsored terror, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday "encouraged" Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve relations with Islamabad and also "fulfil his promises" to better the lives of the Kashmiri people.
Forty Kashmiri students from AMU have been called to Lucknow for a meeting with the Chief Minister.
Army chief General Bipin Rawat reaffirmed on Monday that people were moving around freely in the Kashmir valley and those claiming that there was a shutdown were the ones whose survival depended on terrorism.
Pakistan, a day before, had admitted that the Pakistani army and intelligence agency ISI had trained al-Qaida and other terrorist groups.
Prime Minister Modi and President Trump met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session here - their fourth meeting since Modi came to power for a second term in May this year. Their 40-minute discussion mainly focused on the bilateral trade and issues related to terrorism emanating from Pakistan.
Trump made the remarks during his meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York.
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