Kashmir’s LoC residents implore India to exercise restraint following the incident.
Citizens of Chakothi, a border town adjacent to the Line of Control in Azad Kashmir, denounced the recent assault on tourists in India’s Pahalgam and called upon India to exercise restraint.
Community leaders and residents dismissed any prospective military action and urged India to “consider the ramifications” of any reaction.
Sharq ul Islam, principal of Foundation School Chakothi, repudiated India’s allegations as political theatre, reminding New Delhi of Pakistan’s military prowess and alluding to the 2019 apprehension of Indian pilot Abhinandan.
Shabbir Abbasi, president of the local traders’ organisation, asserted that allegations of Kashmiri participation in the attack were implausible.
Muammar Gaddafi, a resident of Chakothi, challenged India’s security shortcomings in the valley and condemned New Delhi’s 2019 resolution to abrogate Kashmir’s special constitutional status.
The recent diplomatic crisis was instigated by the murder of 26 individuals at a prominent tourist site in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22, marking the most severe assault on civilians in India since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Chakothi, the final significant town prior to the strongly fortified Line of Control, has consistently endured cross-border firing amid periods of heightened India-Pakistan tensions.
