Pakistan strongly condemns killing of innocent Kashmiris
Death toll in firing by Indian troops on Kashmiri protesters has risen to 21.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk): Pakistan on Sunday strongly condemned the extrajudicial killing of Kashmiri leader Burhan Wani and scores of other innocent Kashmiris in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) terming such acts as ‘deplorable and condemnable.’
“Such acts are a violation of fundamental human rights of Kashmiris and cannot deter the people of Jammu and Kashmir from their demand for the realization of the right to self-determination,” the Foreign Office said in a press release.
Pakistan also has serious concerns over the detention of Kashmiri leadership in the Indian Occupied Kashmir and called upon the Indian government to fulfill its human rights obligations as well as its commitments under the United Nations Security Council Resolutions.
“Pakistan reiterates that the resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute is only possible by the realization of the right to self determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, as per the UNSC resolutions, through a fair and impartial plebiscite under UN auspices,” it added.
Reportedly, death toll in firing by Indian troops on Kashmiri protesters has risen to 21 while over 200 have been injured.
One youth lost his life when security forces opened fire on protesters in Pulwama on Sunday.
Meanwhile, curfew was imposed in the occupied valley today (Monday).
On the other hand, a two-day shutdown is also being observed in the entire Kashmir Valley from Sunday against the killing spree unleashed by Indian army and police following the martyrdom of Burhan Wani.
Call for the strike was given by the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference Syed Ali Gilani and Hurriyet Leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik.
