ISLAMABAD: The embattled President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday waded into the heightening rhetoric in Pakistan on the unrest in Kashmir, condemning what he said was "state terrorism" by India and calling for a negotiated settlement.
The Foreign Ministry said separately it would approach the U.N. and Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) to ask India to "exercise restraint" and "rein in extremist elements" who were destroying the Kashmiri economy with their blockade of the Valley.
The Associated Press of Pakistan reported that the retired General Musharraf, who faces an impeachment motion by the ruling coalition, "strongly condemned" the killing of Hurriyat leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz by Indian security forces, and called it an act of "state terrorism." He said this in a meeting with Raja Zulqurnain Khan, president of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, who called on him on Wednesday. |