APHC-AJK chapter urges Secretary General OIC Hissein Brahim Taha to pressurize India to resolve the lingering Kashmir dispute

ISLAMABAD, May 03 (SABAH): The All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) chapter has urged the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha to pressurize India to resolve the lingering Kashmir dispute peacefully under UN supervised plebiscite so that the Kashmiris will decide their political fate.

In a letter to the OIC Secretary General, Hissein Brahim Taha, the APHC-AJK exposed the Narendra Modi-led Indian government’s farcical democracy, which masks the suspension of fundamental freedoms and rampant human rights abuses in IIOJK.

Blowing the lid off Modi’s attempts to deceive the world by staging parliamentary elections in the occupied territory, the APHC-AJK Convener Mehmood Ahmad Saghar condemned India’s attempts to legitimize its illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir through sham elections, while denying the Kashmiri people their basic rights and freedoms.

“The All Parties Hurriyat Conference believes that elections being held under the shadow of guns cannot be a substitute to Kashmiris’ right to plebiscite or referendum, which as per the UNSC resolutions is supposed to be held under the UN auspices” the letter said.

APHC-AJK urged OIC to pressure India to reduce its military presence, end human rights abuses, release all political prisoners, and engage in inclusive and meaningful dialogue to resolve the lingering dispute peacefully under a UN-supervised plebiscite. This would allow the Kashmiri people to determine their political fate, free from Indian coercion and manipulation, the letter said.