Indian troops have martyred 550 civilians in Occupied Kashmir, highest in last one decade
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan strongly condemned the ruthless killing of 14 innocent Kashmiris at the hands of the Indian occupying forces.
“The Indian firing also left another 200 people injured,” Foreign Office spokesperson said in a statement on Twitter.
“From blinding an 18-month baby Hiba, to murdering 14-year-old Kashmiri boys, India makes a mockery of human rights every day in IHK,” the spokesperson said.
He added that the establishment of the commission of inquiry, as recommended by the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, was imperative to bring an immediate halt to Indian state-sponsored terrorism and human right abuses in the disputed region.
Former IHK chief minister Omar Abdullah termed the Pulwama civilian killings as a massacre.
In a statement on his Twitter handle, he said the government forces used excessive force and that there was no other reason as to why the death toll had swollen. He added that the only way to describe the killings was to call it a “massacre”
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president said the administration of the valley had only one task to focus on the security of the people and restore peace in a troubled region. “However, it appears that’s the only thing the administration is not doing.”
It is pertinent to note that Saturday’s bloodshed capped the deadliest year in the region since 2009, with nearly 550 killed so far, including some 150 civilians, according to a monitoring group.
Earlier this month, a former Indian army general had said that the Indian army created a suitable environment to resolve the long-pending Kashmir issue, but the elected governments of the country “failed to find any solution to it”.
