IIOJKISLAMABAD, Sept 1 (APP): Pakistan on Thursday strongly condemned theextrajudicial killing of five more innocent Kashmiris by Indian OccupationForces in two separate incidents in the last two days.
“These incidents include three killings during an orchestrated‘cordon-and-search’ operation in the Nagbal area of Shopian district, whilelast night a separate fake encounter led to the extra-judicial killing oftwo more Kashmiris in Sopore area of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammuand Kashmir (IIOJK),” a Foreign Office statement issued here said.
“In a brazen continuation of atrocities, Indian forces have once again lefta trail of blood after carrying-out so-called ‘cordon-and-search’operations in the IIOJK. Such operations are nothing but a hideous cover-upfor rounding up and gruesomely killing innocent Kashmiris. India hasextra-judicially murdered at least 666 Kashmiris since its unilateral andillegal actions of August 5, 2019, including around 144 this year,” itadded.
“No quantum of brutality would, however, break the will, perseverance andcourage of the Kashmiris,” the statement stressed.
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Pakistan called upon India to immediately cease its systematic campaign ofhuman rights violations in the IIOJK, abjure its policy of state-terrorism,scrap the draconian laws in place in the IIOJK, and let the Kashmirisexercise their legitimate right to self-determination as enshrined in therelevant UNSC resolution.
“Pakistan also renews its call for an impartial investigation of therelentless killings by the Indian forces in IIOJK, as recommended by theOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) inits Kashmir reports of 2018 and 2019,” the statement concluded.