Pakistan strongly condemns extra-judicial killing of four more Kashmiri youth in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD, June 13 (SABAH): Pakistan has strongly condemned the Indian occupation forces’ brutal killing of four more innocent Kashmiri youth in Pulwama and Srinagar districts of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) during staged cordon-and-search operations on Sunday. It is highly regrettable that cold-blooded targeting of Kashmiri youth has become a norm in the occupied territory.

Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad in a statement said that more than 621 Kashmiris have been martyred by the Indian occupation forces since India’s illegal and unilateral actions of 5 August 2019. This year alone, 98 extra-judicial killings of Kashmiris have been recorded. India must realise that layered lockdowns, brutal military sieges, and use of indiscriminate force will not dampen the resolve of Kashmiris struggling against Indian illegal occupation.

FO spokesperson said that Pakistan has consistently been drawing the attention of the international community towards the atrocities being perpetrated by the Indian occupation forces to perpetuate its illegal occupation of IIOJK in complete defiance of international humanitarian law.

Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said that Pakistan reiterates its call for investigation of extra-judicial killings in IIOJK by establishing independent Commission of Inquiry as recommended by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in its Kashmir reports of 2018 and 2019.

He said that Pakistan also urges the international community to play its due role for a just and peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant UNSC resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.