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India ends special status for Kashmir

Source: AP | 00:00 UTC+8 August 6, 2019 | Print Edition

India鈥檚 government revoked disputed Kashmir鈥檚 special status with a presidential order yesterday as thousands of newly deployed troops arrived and Internet and phone services were cut in the restive Himalayan region where most people oppose Indian rule.

India鈥檚 Home Minister Amit Shah announced the revocation amid an uproar in India鈥檚 parliament and while Kashmir was under a security lockdown that kept thousands of people inside their homes. The order revokes Article 370 of India鈥檚 Constitution, which gives the state of Jammu and Kashmir its own constitution and decision-making rights for all matters except defense, communications and foreign affairs.

The article also forbids Indians outside the state from permanently settling, buying land, holding local government jobs and securing educational scholarships.

The announcement came after India鈥檚 Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a Cabinet meeting and the government鈥檚 top decision-making body on security matters, the Cabinet Committee on Security, which he heads.

Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan and both claim the region in its entirety. Two of the three wars India and Pakistan have fought since have been over Kashmir.

Pakistan鈥檚 foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan will step up diplomatic efforts to prevent the order from taking effect.

In Islamabad, Pakistan鈥檚 capital, hundreds of Kashmiri activists rallied against the change in Kashmir鈥檚 status near the diplomatic enclave where India鈥檚 embassy is located.

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