ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi says he has written aletter to UN Security Council asking it to convene a special meeting todiscuss the illegal steps of India to change the status quo in Kashmir.
In a video message, he said the letter has been forwarded by Pakistan’sPermanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Maleeha Lodhi.
He said Pakistan deems that Indian actions have jeopardized the regional aswell as global peace. He said it is India’s wrong thinking that it cancrush the right to self-determination of Kashmiris. Shah Mehmood Qureshisaid if seven hundred thousand Indian troops deployed in Occupied Jammu andKashmir for decades could not defeat the freedom struggle of Kashmiris, thereinforcement of one hundred and eighty thousand troops will also fail.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said he also mentioned in the letter that India isplanning a new massacre of Kashmiris in the held territory and if New Delhithinks Pakistan and Kashmir people will bear it silently, it will be agrave mistake.
He expressed concern that India might stage another Pulwama like incidentin order to divert international attention from the situation of OccupiedKashmir.
The Minister said Pakistan will go to any extent for defence of motherlandshould India resort to any misadventure.
He said whole Pakistan will express solidary with Kashmiris tomorrow. Thenation will also observe 15th of August as Black Day and the world willwitness that protest will be held against Indian steps in every worldcapital.
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Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Muzaffarabadtomorrow where he will present his and his government’s stance before theelected representatives of Azad Kashmir.
The Foreign Minister said Kashmiris must remember that Pakistan stands withthem and is ready to go to any extent for them.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi says increasing incidentsof Islamophobia can become a threat to peace and stability of the wholeworld.
In a statement, he said the attacks on mosque and places of worship arecondemnable and source of concern.
Appreciating the Pakistani man who captured a gunman to avert human loss atAlnoor Islamic Centre in Norway, he said whole nation salutes the courageand valiance of this hero.
