PM condemns Indian govt

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has condemned the Indian government for snatching the body of Syed Ali Geelani and registering an FIR against his family for raising pro-Pakistan slogans.

The prime minister expressed these views in a tweet on Sunday while quoting news from Times of India. He tweeted, "Snatching the body of the 92-year-old Syed Ali Geelani, one of the most respected and principled Kashmiri leader, and then registering cases against his family is just another shameful example of India's descent into fascism under the Nazi-inspired RSS-BJP government."

Quoting the prime minister's tweet, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the fascist Indian state fears the revered Geelani, so much that they stormed his home and snatched his body at night. He said the Indian government prevented a funeral befitting of his stature and it is now attempting to intimidate his grieving family by registering cases against them.

Pakistan condemns India 'barbaric act of snatching mortal remains' of Syed Ali Shah Geelani

Meanwhile, in a tweet, Minister for Planning and Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said that Geelani, in his life, kept the candle of the freedom movement lit against the extremist Indian government. He said that even after his death, the Indian government is afraid of the moral strength of his message. The minister said that Geelani's family was not allowed to bury him, and an FIR was lodged against the family members.

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib has also condemned the Modi government for snatching and burying body of late veteran Kashmiri leader and then registering cases against his family in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. In a tweet on Sunday, he said that the condemnable act is a manifestation of fascism and RSS mindset of the Modi government.

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