Killing of a Pakistani prisoner by Indian forces condemned

ISLAMABAD, August 26 (SABAH): Pakistan has strongly condemned the “extrajudicial killing” of a Pakistani prisoner who was incarcerated in India-occupied Kashmir’s Kot Bhalwal Jail since 2006, and demanded that New Dehli immediately shares details of this incident.

In a statement issued by the Foreign Office on Friday, the Indian charge d’affaires was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a strong protest was lodged against the “extrajudicial killing of a Pakistani prisoner, Muhammad Ali Hussain, by Indian occupation Forces in a fake encounter that took place in the Arnia, IIOJK (Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir)”.

Hussain had been jailed in Kot Bhalwal prison in India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir since 2006. “The Indian diplomat was told that Hussain’s death under mysterious circumstances at a location away from the prison has once again substantiated Pakistan’s long-standing position that Indian Occupation Forces in the IIOJK (Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir) are routinely involved in undertaking choreographed attacks and extrajudicial killings of Pakistani and Kashmiri prisoners.” the statement said.

It added that the “narrative being spun that Muhammad Ali Hussain had allegedly attacked the security forces and attempted to escape when he was being taken to a suspected weapons’ smuggling site was not only fallacious but deceptive. “The reality is that Hussain’s death was nothing but cold-blooded murder”.

Indian authorities allege that Hussain was a militant and claim he was killed during an operation carried out for the recovery of hidden weapons along the India-Pakistan border near Jammu.