Pakistan calls upon India to reverse illegal, unilateral action of August 5
Pakistan
Pakistan calls upon India to reverse illegal, unilateral action of August 5
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar has called upon India to reverse its illegal and unilateral actions of August 5, 2019 and take necessary steps to create an environment conducive for meaningful dialogue for peaceful resolution of Kashmir dispute.
Addressing weekly press briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, he said India has issued millions of fake domiciles aimed at demographic engineering in order to turn the Kashmiri Muslim majority into a minority in their own land. He said India has employed censorship, and crackdown on civil society, human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists, who are harassed and persecuted under the draconian laws.
The spokesperson said New Delhi s illegal steps to undermine the internationally recognized disputed status of occupied Jammu and Kashmir and to alter the demographic structure of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir in violation of international law and relevant UN Security Council resolutions on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. He said Since August 2019, at least 660 Kashmiris have been martyred by Indian occupation forces in IIOJK.
Asim Iftikhar said despite all these actions, India has miserably failed to dampen the resilient spirit of the Kashmiri people, who continue to stand firm in their total rejection of Indian illegal occupation. He said the Pakistani nation will join the Kashmiris in IIOJK, Azad Kashmir and the world over in solemnly observing Youm-e-Istehsaal to denounce Indian atrocities.
Paying rich tributes to Kashmiris struggle, the Spokesperson assure Pakistan s unambiguous, steadfast and all possible support for the realization of their right to self-determination.
