"When jehadis were killing Indians, I never heard you calling South Asia your home?"
Calling for peace in the Kashmir region, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai on Thursday said that she cared about Kashmir because South Asia is her home.
"I care about Kashmir because South Asia is my home -- a home I share with 1.8 billion people including Kashmiris. We represent different cultures, religions, languages, cuisines and customs. And I believe we all can live in peace," she tweeted.
"I know we can appreciate the gifts that all of our people, in all their diversity, contribute to our world. There is no need for us to continue to suffer and hurt each other," Malala added.
Read: Why Qandeel Baloch's battle with oppression was as important as Malala's
The youngest Nobel Laureate, she is an advocate for girls' education and women's equality.
Born in Pakistan in 1997, Malala was shot by a gunman on her way back home from school in the Swat District.
She was targetted for speaking out about the plight of girls in her region, who were banned from going to school by the Taliban
The people of Kashmir have lived in conflict since I was a child, since my mother and father were children, since my grandparents were young. pic.twitter.com/Qdq0j2hyN9
— Malala (@Malala) August 8, 2019
Population of Hindus in Pakistan when your grandparents were young(1947) : 15.1%
— Messenger Of TrueIndology (@TIinExile) August 8, 2019
Population of Hindus in Pakistan now: 1.85%
Hindus, Christians and Shias are on their way to slow death in Pakistan. You have never spoken for them. You're a fraud in the name of Human Rights https://t.co/ZezT6XGVeQ
Tweeting a girl who got shot in Pakistan, left Pak for security reasons & now settled in UK. Such shame it is that someone who couldn't live in her own country asking millions of people to live there. I dare you to get settled in Pak before you tweet this shit.#Malala #PKMKB https://t.co/n0pfw8hyaK
— Ajit Doval (@AjitKDoval_NSA) August 8, 2019
When jehadis were killing Indians, I never heard you calling South Asia your home?
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) August 8, 2019
You are a noble prize winner. Rise above religion and be a true human. https://t.co/bWEkNF3qPc
Innocent kids were killed by Pak Terrorists, were paid to pelt stones but Malala never spoke.
— Ankur Singh (@iAnkurSingh) August 8, 2019
Now the Pakistani using kids as an excuse to speak against removal of Article 370.
Kids in Kashmir are happily playing cricket, kids in Pakistan are holding guns. Go look at them https://t.co/66Ant9Hsy2
Dear @Malala, please also say a word about :
— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) August 8, 2019
1. Pakistan Hindu Girls who recently abducted & converted
2. Pakistan Christian Girls who have been trafficked to China
3. Pakistan Ahmadi Girls who are facing discrimination
4. Baloch Girls who are being abducted by Pakistan Army https://t.co/5tRA9gquTt
1. It is the "Indian subcontinent".
— Abhinav Agarwal (@AbhinavAgarwal) August 8, 2019
2. How many times have you spoken out against the atrocities being committed on the Balochis - own backyard.
3. How many times have you tweeted in support of the Kashmiri Pandits, 300000 of whom were forced out of their homes?#VirtueSignalling https://t.co/E3viGTta2w
She speaks on every issue. Who takes her seriously? I watch her for comical entertainment. https://t.co/LmFOuRksMJ
— कुशल मेहरा (@kushal_mehra) August 8, 2019
looking forward to her statement on Mohajirs, the people of Baluchistan, and Hindu girls being kidnapped, raped and married off.
— Harini Calamur (@calamur) August 8, 2019
And, btw - what is South Asia - a geography, a political union, an Economic Union, a confederation. what? https://t.co/EqoJu66aHQ
1. Pak goes on overdrive
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A day after deciding to downgrade ties with India, Pakistan on Thursday stepped up its offensive by suspendikng the Samjhauta Express train that runs between the two countries and banning Indian films.
Pakistan will not remain silent regarding the 'Indian atrocities' in Jammu and Kashmir, Minister of Railways, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad told a press conference today adding that the services of Samjhauta Express, facilitating people-to-people ties with India, would be suspended "forever".
"The Indian government has changed all laws in Jammu and Kashmir. The entire history has been changed. They have also revoked the Articles that provided special rights and status to the people in that region. But we won't remain silent. Our Muslim brethren in Jammu and Kashmir are suffering," he said.
2. Indian cinemas banned
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"Following the tension between India and Pakistan, all services of Samjhauta Express will be suspended forever," he added.
Meanwhile, speaking to the media outside Parliament House, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Firdous Ashiq Awan, said no Indian movie will be screened in Pakistani cinema.
She said a policy is being formulated to ban every sort of Indian cultural content in Pakistan, Dunya News reported.
Awan said that there is a complete ban on media and other sources of information in Kashmir.
The moves by Islamabad comes in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35 (A) by the BJP-led Central government that provided special rights and status to Jammu and Kashmir.
3. Downgrade diplomatic ties
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Last night after a meeting of the National Security Council chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan decided to downgrade diplomatic ties. It asked India to withdraw its High Commissioner to Pakistan and also decided not to send its High Commissioner-designate to New Delhi. It also partially shut off its airspace and suspended bilateral trade with India.
The Samjhauta Express, commonly called the Friendship Express, is a bi-weekly train--Thursday and Monday--that runs between Delhi and Attari in India and Lahore in Pakistan since 1976 after the Shimla Accord between the two countries. The word Samjhauta means "agreement", "accord" and "compromise" in both Hindi and Urdu.
Last time, the operations of Samjhauta Express were suspended on February 28, following the Pulwama terror attack that was carried out by Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed or JeM that killed more than 40 CRPF jawans on February 14. But it was resumed shortly later.
Calling its steps in Jammu and Kashmir as an "entirely internal affair", India has further rejected Pakistan's unilateral move to downgrade diplomatic ties and asked Islamabad to review them so that normal channels for diplomatic communications are preserved.
