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Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali
The tensions between nuclear armed neighbours, Indian and Pakistan in South Asia, seem to be escalating day after day.
In the latest case, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, has refused to fly to Delhi to attend a global conference which India is hosting from Oct 21-23.
The step by a top Pakistan official comes after Delhi said it carried out “surgical strikes along Line of Control” in Pakistan administered Kashmir.
The CJP was invited by Chief Justice of India to attend the conference on a national initiative towards strengthening arbitration and enforcement in India. No official statement or reason behind the refusal was given, however.
The Indian High Commissioner, Gautam Bambawale had personally extended the invitation to Justice Jamali.
Tow Pakistan army rangers died in LoC exchange of firing while an Indian soldier was captured by the Pakistan Army. Pakistan media also claimed that at least fourteen Indian soldiers were killed in the episode of firing across.
Tensions between India and Pakistan have been simmering since popular militant commander Burhan Wani was killed on July 08, 2016 which triggered a massive public uprising in which at least 90 civilians were killed and other 14500 were injured in forces action.
India also pulled out of the Pakistan-hosted 19th Saarc summit scheduled to be held in November. Following suit, several members of Saarc, including Bangladesh and Bhutan, pulled out of the summit leading to its postponement.
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