Pak. condemns arrest

By Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD, JUNE 15. Pakistan today alleged that the arrest of the Hurriyat leaders and incidents of increased violence by the security forces in Kashmir demonstrated that New Delhi continued to ``rely on brutal use of force to suppress the just struggle of the Kashmiri people.''

It is for the second time in a week that the Pakistan Foreign Office has issued a strongly-worded statement on the developments in Kashmir. The last statement was made when a bomb exploded inside the Charar-e-Sharief shrine.

The statement also deplored the announcement by Indian authorities yesterday that they would not spare religious places in their effort to suppress the ``Kashmir freedom movement.''

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