Mirwaiz Umer welcomes Imran's talks offer to India
Srinagar, July 26 : Senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Thursday welcomed Imran Khan's talks offer to India to resolve the Kashmir issue.
"Welcome the statement of PTI chief @ImranKhanPTI calling for resolution of #Kashmir dispute through dialogue in view of huge human cost of this long standing dispute especially being borne by the people of Kashmir. Hope the two neighbors give real peace a chance!" he said in a tweet.
Making a speech after the election results in Pakistan clearly indicated that he would be the next Prime Minister, Imran Khan said India and Pakistan needed to move out of the blame game relationship.
"If India walks one step, we are ready to walk two steps towards dialogue and peaceful negotiation of issues.
Imran Khan, however, added that the people of Kashmir had suffered much and it was high time the two countries sat across the table to work out a mutually acceptable solution.
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5 schoolchildren among 7 killed in blast in southwest Pakistan
Islamabad (PTI): At least seven people, including five schoolchildren and a policeman, were killed on Friday in a remote-controlled blast in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, according to media reports.
The blast occurred at 8.35 am near a school at the Civil Hospital Chowk of the Mastung district of the province, Dawn newspaper reported.
“It appears that an IED (improvised explosive device) attached to a motorcycle was detonated near a police mobile,” Kalat Division Commissioner Naeem Bazai was quoted as saying in the report.
“So far, seven individuals have been killed, including five school students,” Bazai said. At least 22 people were injured in the attack.
Most of those injured were schoolchildren, Geo News reported, adding that they were shifted to a nearby hospital.
A police van and several auto-rickshaws were damaged in the explosion, according to the report.
An emergency was declared across all Quetta hospitals after the blast, the report said quoting the provincial health department spokesperson, adding that all doctors, pharmacists, staff nurses and other medical staff were summoned.
