{"id":204520,"date":"2019-02-28T22:30:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T03:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=204520"},"modified":"2019-02-28T22:33:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T03:33:48","slug":"ph-hopes-india-pakistan-exercise-restraint-over-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/28\/ph-hopes-india-pakistan-exercise-restraint-over-kashmir\/","title":{"rendered":"PH hopes India, Pakistan exercise restraint over Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_204530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204530\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_574862965.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-204530\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_574862965.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_574862965.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_574862965-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/shutterstock_574862965-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-204530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hostilities between New Delhi and Islamabad escalated on Wednesday after confrontation broke out between Indian and Pakistani fighter jets in the skies above the Kashmir region. (Shutterstock Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday expressed hope that India and Pakistan would exercise restraint in the wake of rising tensions in Kashmir.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>In a statement sent through DFA Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato, the agency said it is closely monitoring the situation in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, it advised Filipinos in India and Pakistan to be vigilant and to take the necessary precautions, including avoiding any travel to the disputed region.<\/p>\n<p>Although there are no Filipinos residing in Kashmir, the agency noted there are seven Filipino military observers serving with the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All seven are safe along with the approximately 1,780 members of the Filipino Community in Pakistan and 1,167 others in India,&#8221; it reported.<\/p>\n<p>Filipinos in Pakistan who may find themselves in emergency situations are urged to call the Philippine Embassy in Islamabad at +92 333 524 4762 for assistance while those in India may wish to call the Philippine Embassy in New Delhi at (+91) 99 1079 7014.<\/p>\n<p>Hostilities between New Delhi and Islamabad escalated on Wednesday after confrontation broke out between Indian and Pakistani fighter jets in the skies above the Kashmir region.<\/p>\n<p>This came in the wake of the deadly suicide bombing in the region&#8217;s Pulwama district which killed 40 Indian soldiers on Valentine&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>The confrontation came after India threatened to launch airstrikes on Pakistani territory in response to the &#8220;terrorist attack&#8221; against its forces in the disputed region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday expressed hope that India and Pakistan would exercise restraint in the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":204530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}