Islamabad seeks response on brutal killing of Pakistani prisoner in India

Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has officially raised the issue with the Indian authorities.

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal has said Pakistan is gravely concerned at media reports regarding the brutal killing of a Pakistani Prisoner Shakir Ullah in Jaipur Jail of India.

In a statement, he said Shakir Ullah was beaten to death by a group of Indian inmates in retaliation of the Pulwama incident.

The Spokesperson said Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has officially raised the issue with the Indian authorities requesting them to urgently authenticate the report and awaits a response.

He said, meanwhile, we call upon the Indian Government to fulfill its obligations and ensure provision of foolproof security to all Pakistani inmates and prisoners in Indian Jails and Pakistani visitors to India. 

The Pakistani inmate was stoned to death by Indian prisoners at the Jaipur Central Jail. Initial probe suggests that two Indian prisoners were involved in the killing.

Let it be known that 537 Indian prisoners are lodged in Pakistani jails as well according to reports.

India’s threat to Pakistan

Tensions increased between India and Pakistan after the Pulwama attack. New Delhi leveled baseless allegations on Islamabad and threatened to isolate Pakistan at international level afterwards.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said those behind the terror attack would pay a "very heavy price" and had made a "huge mistake".

Union Minister Arun Jaitley said India will take all possible diplomatic steps to ensure "complete isolation" of Pakistan.

Pakistan’s response

Pakistan Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan Tuesday vowed to retaliate against any Indian aggression without thinking after New Delhi accused Islamabad of involvement in the Pulwama attack.

“Pakistan will not think of retaliation, Pakistan will retaliate,” he pronounced.

Imran Khan addressed the nation in a video message and said India alleged Pakistan without any evidence. The premier told India to leave its “judge, jury and execution” approach. He said, “War is easy to start but difficult to end as it does not remain in human hands afterwards. It is not a sane approach to start a war.”

Imran Khan said New Delhi needs to rethink its policies regarding Kashmir because oppression against them will not improve the situation. He urged India to move towards dialogues.

Pulwama attack

At least 44 Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed on Thursday in Indian-occupied Kashmir in one the deadliest attacks. The attack saw explosives packed inside a van rip through buses in a convoy of 78 vehicles carrying some 2,500 members of the paramilitary CRPF.

Two blue buses carrying around 35 people each bore the brunt of the massive blast, heard miles away, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the city of Srinagar on the main highway to Jammu.

Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since independence. Rebels have been fighting for an independent Kashmir, or a merger with Pakistan, for 30 years.

Last year was the deadliest in a decade, with rights monitors saying almost 600 Kashmiri people died, most of them civilians. Thousands more have been maimed in recent years by pellet-firing shotguns used by Indian forces.