Pak Defence Minister justifies PoK protester deaths, compares them to India
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has backed the Pakistani Army's lethal crackdown on protesters in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Dismissing the possibility of holding talks with the demonstrators, Asif stated, "I put them in the same category as Indians and consider them as enemies like India." Previously, he had claimed that the residents of the conflict-affected areas of Rawalakot and Mirpur are not actually Kashmiris.