Pulwama attack: Indo-Americans to protest outside diplomatic missions

The Indian American community will hold peaceful protests outside the Pakistani and Chinese diplomatic missions in the US over the Pulwama terrorist attack alleging China provides tacit support to Pakistan which uses nonState actors against its neighboursA candlelight protest will be held outside the Pakistan Consulate in Chicago after which the protesters will march to the Chinese consulate on Thursday February 21 the organisers have said The main objectives of the protest according to the organisers are to expose the barbaric nature of Pakistani terrorism and to wake up the world against Pakistan and Chinasupported terrorism a media release saidThe next day the Indian Americans in New York and New Jersey area would hold another peaceful protest outside the Pakistani consulate in Manhattan New YorkIt is time that the United States and rest of the world speak in unison against Pakistani establishments continued support to terrorists in recruiting training arming finance and providing safe haven eminent Indian American Dr Bharat Barai said in a statementBillions of dollars of US aid to Pakistan have done little to curb the terror outfits in Pakistan he ruedForty Indian paramilitary personnel were killed on February 14 when a JeM terrorist rammed his explosiveladen in car in a vehicle carrying the jawansThis is not an act of terrorism but act of war Pakistan will have to pay a heavy price for this Time has come to take decisive and ruthless action against the perpetrators of this heinous crime against humanity said New Yorkbased Jagdish Sewhani the president of the American India Public Affairs CommitteeThe Indian community is deeply pained by this mindless barbaric act We are grieving for our slain soldiers and at the same time we want Pakistan to take strict actions against the terrorists said a local Republican leader from Illinois J D DiganvkerWe want the world community to take note We all know terrorism has no place in the world today and we want the world to urge Pakistan to respond with stringent actions he said adding the protestors plan to submit memorandums to the Pakistani and Chinese consulates in ChicagoIt is time to declare Pakistan a terrorist State and isolate it completely both economically and militarily until it mend its ways demanded community organiser Nirav PatelChinas designs to use rogue nations such as Pakistan and North Korea to further its expansionist agenda is no secret he allegedIt is also critical to urge China which has repeatedly blocked the efforts in the UN by both the US and India to declare Masood Azhar the head of JaisheMohammed terrorist Organization as a global terrorist he saidCommunity leader Amitabh Mittal said Pakistan was not just an India or a US problem Its an international problem that has become a breeding ground for terrorists who expand their network eg AlQaeda and its offshoots worldwide wreaking havoc and destruction in several countries in the worldMeanwhile BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha mandirs globally as well as the 100 BAPS mandirs across North America held special prayer services for the Pulwama Attack VictimsThe BAPS as an organisation and its followers have also pledged financial support of Rs 10 million to support the victims and their family members on the road to recoveryTerror against anybody is terror against us all said Jeff Spivey the Chief of Irving Police Department Texas after attending a special prayer service organized by the BAPSCondemning in the strongest terms the dastardly act of terror in Pulwama Indian American Muslim Council in a statement called for a thorough investigation and bringing the perpetrators to justice It demanded action against the Pakistanbased JaisheMohammed terrorist groupStrongly condemning the Pulwama terrorist attack Washington DCbased Voice of Karachi which represents the expatriate Mohajir community alleged that attackers enjoys official patronage in PakistanIt is vital for peace in South Asia as well as Pakistans own future to end all overt and covert support for nonState actors and eliminate all safe havens granted to such militant proxies said its leader Nadeem NusratWelcoming the US statement calling for Pakistan to take swift action against terror groups operating from its soil Nusrat said the United States has played a leading and decisive role in the elimination of many terror sanctuaries around the worldPeople of South Asia are looking towards the US administration to play a similar role in establishing lasting peace in the region he saidCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for 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