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Pak assembly to invite Arundhati Roy to talk on Kashmir violence

Updated on: 03 September,2016 09:32 AM IST  | 
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Pakistan's Punjab assembly member Sheikh Allauddin has suggested that novelist and human rights activist Arundhati Roy be invited to brief the lawmakers on violence in the Kashmir Valley

Pak assembly to invite Arundhati Roy to talk on Kashmir violence

Islamabad: Pakistan's Punjab assembly member Sheikh Allauddin has suggested that novelist and human rights activist Arundhati Roy be invited to brief the lawmakers on violence in the Kashmir Valley.


Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy


Labour and human resource minister Raja Ashfaq Sarwar said the next step should be taken in the light of the Foreign Office advice, Dawn reported online.


Meanwhile, Treasury benches member Ramesh Singh Arora raised the issue of Manohar Parrikar's statement against Pa-kistan and demanded the Foreign Office summon the Indian Ambassador to protest.

According to Arora, New Delhi was not only committing atrocities against Kashmiris, but also accusing Islamabad of fomenting violence in the valley.

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