-FO asks int’l community to take note of Kashmiris’ oppression, condemns Iranian Nuclear Scientist’s assassination
By Asghar Ali Mubarak
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday said as India martyred another 15 Kashmiris in “unabated state-terrorism” in November, the world community and human rights organizations must take cognizance of brutal suppression of Kashmiris’ rights in utter violation of international laws and conventions.
Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri told reporters here at the weekly briefing that India continued with its “fake encounters” and staged “cordon-and-search” operations which brought critical injuries to 97 Kashmiri youth, while 31 were arbitrarily detained, and many houses destroyed to inflict collective punishment on the Kashmiri communities.
He said the Kashmiris in IIJOK were continuously being subjected to a brutal military siege and inhuman restrictions for an unprecedented 486 days since India’s illegal and unilateral actions of August 5, 2019.
“The cold-blooded murders and brutalization of innocent Kashmiris are a clear manifestation of the state terrorism to which unarmed Kashmiris have been subjected to for the past seven decades,” the spokesperson said.
“We continue to call upon the international community, including the United Nations, the human rights organizations and the global media to take cognizance of brutal suppression of the Kashmiri people’s rights and freedoms in utter violation of international laws and conventions.
He said the world community must use all tools at its disposal, to hold India accountable for its serious crimes against the Kashmiri people. He also pointed to the “despicable spike in Indian propaganda” against Pakistan following the presentation of incontrovertible evidence by Pakistan of India’s active planning, promoting, aiding, abetting, financing and execution of terrorist activities in Pakistan.
“We wish to reiterate our call to the international community, particularly the United Nations counter-terrorism mechanisms to act on the Pakistani Dossier providing irrefutable evidence of Indian state sponsorship of terrorism,” he added. The FO Spokesperson condemned the recent assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Tehran.“We extend sincere condolences to the family members of Mr. Fakhrizadeh and to the Iranian people,” the spokesperson said.
