WASHINGTON – Pakistan seek big diplomatic victory against India overOccupied Kashmir at the top International forum.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will meet today to discuss thealarming human rights situation in occupied Kashmir, *Radio Pakistan *reported.
This is the second time in less than six months that UNSC will meet todiscuss the situation in the occupied valley. In August last year, theSecurity Council had, for first time in over five decades, met to discussthe critical human rights situation in the occupied valley.
The meeting had come about after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modirevoked the special status of the valley in August, 2019 and imposed amilitary curfew and communications blackout in the area, sending inhundreds of thousands of Indian troops to quell protests.
Thousands of people, including the top political leadership of occupiedKashmir, as well as two former chief ministers and the mayor of capitalSrinagar, were detained. International media also reported that thedetainees had been tortured by the occupying Indian troops.
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The international community had voiced concerns about the situation ofoccupied Kashmir in the aftermath of the move by the Indian premier, withseveral political leaders, including US congresspersons, urging India tolift the blockade and return normalcy to the region.
Islamabad had also condemned the Indian move and asked New Delhi toimmediately lift the restrictions in the valley, urging India to respectthe right to self-determination of the people in Kashmir. In late December,FM Qureshi had penned a letter to the United Nations in this regard as well.
In the letter, Qureshi had warned India of a timely and befitting responseto any aggression along LoC, and expressed concerns over military movementand missile deployment in occupied Kashmir, asking the UN to take notice ofthe issue.
