Pakistan strongly condemns unabated extra-judicial killing of innocent Kashmiris by Indian Occupation forces in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD, Dec 09 (SABAH): Pakistan has strongly condemned extra-judicial killing of three more Kashmiris by Indian occupation forces in Shopian, in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) (IIOJK) on Wednesday. The Indian occupation forces have martyred at least 40 Kashmiris in fake encounters and so called “cordon and search operations” since 1 October 2021.

According to a statement issued by Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad on Thursday, the military crackdown and the extra-judicial killings in fake encounters and staged operations in IIOJK reflect the extremist anti-Muslim designs of the “Hindutva” inspired extremist BJP-RSS combine in India. Persisting with their callous behavior and violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, the Indian occupation forces are also refusing to hand over the mortal remains of the martyred Kashmiris to their families.

He said that it is also reprehensible that BJP authorities in IIOJK have denied Kashmiri Muslims their basic religious rights to offer Jumma prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar for the last several weeks.

Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said that Pakistan calls on the international community to take immediate notice of India’s state-terrorism in IIOJK. India’s ongoing, systematic and widespread human rights violations in IIOJK warrant investigation by a UN Commission of Inquiry, as recommended by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in its reports of 2018 and 2019.

Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said that Pakistan also urges the international community to play its role for a just and peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant UNSC resolutions and wishes of the Kashmiri people for durable peace and stability in the region.