*MUZAFFARABAD – In another diplomatic success for Pakistan, India facesthreat of restrictions and sanctions from European Union Member over IOKlockdown. *
European parliamentarian has proposed “trade sanctions and travelrestrictions on those involved in the acts of terrorism and human rightsviolations in the Muslim-majority state”.
While addressing a conference held in Brussels, Co-Chair of Friends ofKashmir group in European Parliament (EP) Richard Corbett also called forutilising all possible means to mount pressure on the government in NewDelhi to ease the ongoing lockdown in the disputed Himalayan region.
According to an official statement, the conference was attended by AzadJammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan which was jointlyorganised by Friends of Kashmir Group in the EP and Jammu-KashmirSelf-Determination Movement, at the European Parliament on Thursday.
EU lawmakers, who are members of Friends of Kashmir Group, briefed theparticipants of the summit on their visit to AJK last month where they metvictims of Indian cross-border firing along Line of Control (LoC).
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They also interacted with a wide range of people – including journalists,civil society organisations, physicians, teachers, students and lawyers –and gathered first-hand information.
The EU lawmakers called upon the Indian government to provide them thesimilar kind of access in Occupied Kashmir.
