Modi crossed the 'red line'

Pakistan yesterday said Narendra Modi crossed the "red line" by talking about Balochistan and asserted that it will "forcefully" raise the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly session next month.

 "The Prime Minister strongly pleaded the case of Kashmir during General Assembly session last year and we will again forcefully raise the issue," Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said.

Zakaria, in his weekly news briefing in Islamabad, also took strong exception to the remarks by Modi on Balochistan.

Modi had brought up Pakistani atrocities on people of Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in his Independence Day speech.

"It is the violation of the UN Charter...He (Mr Modi) crossed the red line by talking about Balochistan," Zakaria said.

He alleged that India was involved in subversive activities in Balochistan and Karachi. Zakaria also claimed that India was referring to Balochistan to cover up its human rights violations in Kashmir.