Pakistan-occupied Kashmir protests : After at least nine people, including three policemen, were killed in protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK) over the past few days, a central government delegation held the first round of talks with the protesters on Thursday.

Speaking to the media after the talks, one of the delegation members, federal minister Ahsan Iqbal, urged the protesters to “avoid lighting a fire that could benefit our enemy country.”

“Our enemy country will not waste a single second in capitalising on a crisis situation in our country. And we should avoid lighting a fire through which our enemy can benefit and tarnish the image of Pakistan, cause unrest in Pakistan or the loss of life and property of the people,” Iqbal said, as quoted by Arab News.

India has

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