{"id":6437,"date":"2023-09-21T20:23:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T20:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pm-kakar-says-canada-row-wake-up-call-on-india-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T20:23:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T20:23:14","slug":"pm-kakar-says-canada-row-wake-up-call-on-india-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pm-kakar-says-canada-row-wake-up-call-on-india-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Kakar says Canada row wake-up call on India | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pakistan said Thursday that Western nations had failed to see the “reality” of New Delhi’s right-wing leadership after Canada alleged Indian involvement in a killing.<\/p>\n

Canada expelled an Indian diplomat, prompting a tit-for-tat reaction, after concluding that Indian agents played a role in the June killing near Vancouver of a Sikh separatist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar.<\/p>\n

Caretaker prime minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar linked the episode to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ideology of Hindu nationalism, or Hindutva.<\/p>\n

“These ideologues of Hindutva, they are becoming emboldened in a manner that they are now going beyond the region,” Kakar said at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York as he took part in the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n

The “unfortunate killing of Mr. Singh on Canadian soil is a reflection of that ominous tendency,” he said.<\/p>\n

“But for obvious economic and strategic reasons, many players in the Western capitals chose to ignore this fact and reality,” he said.<\/p>\n

Read also:<\/strong> PM apprises UN chief on India\u2019s human rights violations in IIOJK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Western powers led by the United States have been courting India for years, seeing a natural ally in the billion-plus democracy as concerns mount about China.<\/p>\n

Modi showcased India’s global role earlier this month as he led the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi.<\/p>\n

He has promoted the identity of the Hindu majority in the diverse country, with rights groups accusing him of creating a dangerous atmosphere for religious minorities, who include Muslims, Christians and Sikhs.<\/p>\n

Nijjar, who was wanted by India for alleged terrorism and conspiracy to commit murder, advocated carving out a separate Sikh state known as Khalistan.<\/p>\n

India has long alleged that Pakistan has provided support to the Khalistan movement, which carried out an insurgency in the 1980s crushed by Indian security forces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n