KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Pakistan on Thursday urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries to continue to condemn the brutalities in Kashmir and play an effective role to “end” the bloodshed.
In meetings with the Islamabad-based OIC ambassadors on Thursday afternoon, the Special Assistant to Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Tariq Fatemi briefed them on the “continuing grave human rights violations” in Jammu and Kashmir being committed by forces.
Tariq Fatemi noted that more than 1000 people have been injured due to the use of pellet guns by the forces and more than 160 have become permanently blind. He referred to the systematic and grave human rights violations as crime against humanity.
While appreciating the continued support of the OIC for the Kashmir cause as reflected in the unanimous passage of resolution on Kashmir by 43rd OIC Council of Foreign Ministers on October 19, 2016 in Tashkent, he urged the OIC countries to continue to “condemn the Indian brutalities in Indian Occupied Kashmir and play an effective role to end the bloodshed”.
The special assistant referred to Palestine and Jammu and Kashmir as the oldest unresolved disputes on the agenda of the UN Security Council.
He called for vigorous efforts for the resolution of both these disputes, in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions.
Tariq Fatemi also highlighted the escalated situation at the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary, resulting from the alleged unprovoked firing and ceasefire violations “from the Indian side”.
He said, “the Indian government has deliberately escalated tension to divert international attention away from its grave human rights violations in the Indian Occupied Kashmir. A number of innocent people have lost their lives due to unprovoked ceasefire violations by Indian forces.”
