Pakistan strongly condemns continued spree of extra-judicial killings of innocent Kashmiris by Indian occupation forces in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD, Dec 01 (SABAH): Pakistan has strongly condemned the continuing spree of extrajudicial killings of innocent Kashmiris in staged encounters and fake cordon-and-search-operations by Indian occupation forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

According to a statement issued by Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad on Wednesday, two Kashmiris were martyred on Wednesday in Pulwama, IIOJK by Indian occupation forces in the so-called cordon-and-search-operation.

He said that at least 18 innocent Kashmiris have been martyred with impunity by Indian occupation forces in the last one month.

Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said that while the fundamental freedoms of Kashmiris remain suspended, the Indian Occupation forces have further intensified their repression in IIOJK in the past weeks. Extra-judicial killings, arbitrary arrests, incarceration of hundreds of common Kashmiris and Hurriyat leaders under the draconian laws and harassment of Kashmiris at the military check-points or during the night raids continue with impunity. Hateful terms such as “hybrid terrorists” and “white collar terrorists” are used to further demonize them.

He said that the deteriorating security and human rights situation in the occupied territory is a matter of grave concern for the international community.

Asim Iftikhar Ahmas said that amidst all this, the visit by Indian ministers to the occupied territory is another Indian ploy to divert attention from India’s state-sponsored terrorism and to project a false sense of “normalcy” in IIOJK.

He said that no amount of lies, deceit and publicity stunts by the RSS-BJP votaries in the name of fake ‘normalcy’ and development, can mask, address or remove the total alienation of the Kashmiris in IIOJK.

He said that India must realize that the path to sustainable peace and development in the region is through permanent resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions and wishes of the Kashmiri people.