UK Labour MP @BarryGardiner schools Pakistan origin UK MPs during Anti-India rhetorical debate on Kashmir about hypocrisy of Pakistan in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Pakistan Army calls all the shots. No representation in Pakistan parliament. No basic rights to people. (1/n)
UK Labour MP @BarryGardiner explains how Pakistan’s secular constitution changed to an Islamic Republic. Speaks about how religious minorities are systematically marginalized and persecuted by the state. Blasphemy laws have death as punishment. Women have less rights. (2/n)
Finally, UK Labour MP @BarryGardiner concludes that India & Pakistan need to themselves resolve issues according to the Simla Agreement and without any outside interference. He deplores the way some have tried to import conflicts of the subcontinent to UK domestic politics. (3/3)
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