ISLAMABAD: Pakistan condemned the “brutal and indiscriminate” treatment by Indian forces that resulted in the deaths of at least 11 young Kashmiris in Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday.
Violence erupted on Sunday with gunbattles between suspected militants and Indian security forces.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that the continuing crackdown, “especially the use of pellet guns on protesters, including youth and children and the suspension of Internet services,” was an attempt to “subjugate and further repress the innocent Kashmiris.”
Indian officials said that in separate encounters three soldiers were killed and Indian security forces also gunned down 11 “terrorists”.
In recent years tensions have risen again as young Kashmiris protest against the use of force on civilians.
“We have repeatedly pointed out that the Kashmiri youth is being deliberately and systematically targeted with a view to breaking the will of the Kashmiri people,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement.
Pakistan also expressed its full solidarity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir and urged the international community to recognize the “gross and systematic violations of fundamental human rights, including the most basic human right to life.
“Pakistan also calls upon the world community to play its rightful role in promoting a just and lasting solution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people,” the Foreign Office statement read.
Pakistan condemns brutal ‘use of force’ by India in Kashmir
Pakistan condemns brutal ‘use of force’ by India in Kashmir
Pakistan’s annual consumer price rose 5.8 percent year on year in January — statistics bureau
- The reading comes a week after the Pakistani central bank held its policy rate at 10.50 percent
- It said inflation may exceed its 5-7 percent medium-term target range for a few months this year
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s consumer price inflation rose 5.8 percent year-on-year in January, official data showed on Monday, underscoring the central bank’s warning that price pressures could temporarily breach its target band as economic activity picks up.
The reading comes a week after the central bank held its policy rate at 10.50 percent, saying inflation could exceed its 5 percent to 7 percent medium-term target range for a few months this year, even as growth gains momentum and imports push the trade deficit wider.
The reading from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics compared with 5.6 percent in December, when prices fell on a monthly basis due to lower perishable food costs.
On a month-on-month basis, inflation increased by 0.4 percent in January.
The State Bank of Pakistan said it viewed the real policy rate as sufficiently positive to stabilize inflation over the medium term, even as it flagged stronger domestic demand and external pressures as upside risks to prices.
Pakistan’s finance ministry had projected inflation would remain within a 5 percent to 6 percent range in January.
An International Monetary Fund staff report has cautioned against premature monetary easing under Pakistan’s $7 billion loan program, urging policymakers to remain data-dependent to anchor inflation expectations and rebuild external buffers.
