Oct 2, 2016: Sharif refused to condemn Uri attack despite US and UK prodding. When the US and the UK asked Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to condemn the attack on the Indian Army camp at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir, he flatly refused to denounce the assault.

Sharif refused to condemn Uri attack despite US and UK prodding.

According to the News International, both the world powers asked Sharif to condemn the attack, which left 19 Indian soldiers dead, during the premier’s meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry and British Prime Minister Theresa May at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly as Sharif refused to condemn Uri attack despite US and UK prodding.

According to sources, Sharif instead countered the two leaders over their silence regarding the unrest in the Kashmir Valley since July 9, which has claimed the lives of nearly 90 persons.

The sources said Sharif maintained that Islamabad could not condemn the attack, which India has blamed on Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group, and the death of the security personnel when “India had no regret over its atrocities and brutalities” in the valley when Sharif refused to condemn Uri attack despite US and UK prodding.

Sharif said that the world, including London and Washington, had turned a blind eye to the killing of Kashmiris in clashes with the security forces after the killing of Hizbul militant Burhan Wani in July.

Pakistan categorically rejected the Indian allegations of Islamabad’s involvement in the Uri attack as Sharif refused to condemn Uri attack despite US and UK prodding.

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