Times of Islamabad

Kashmir Council Europe set to give India a diplomatic blow over Occupied Kashmir

Kashmir Council Europe set to give India a diplomatic blow over Occupied Kashmir

ISLAMABAD – Chairman of Kashmir Council Europe, Ali Raza Syed, has urgedthe UN and European Union to play role in stopping the human rightsviolations by Indian troops in Occupied Kashmir and take steps for peacefulsettlement of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the aspirations of thepeople of Jammu and Kashmir.

In a statement in Brussels, Ali Raza Syed said the Kashmir Council Europehas organized successful camps in connection with the One Million Signaturecampaign in different EU countries and a massive number of people showedtheir positive response in the move.

He said the basic aim of the EU based signature drive is to highlight theKashmir dispute and pressurize New Delhi to stop the human rights abusesperpetrated by its forces in Occupied Kashmir.

He said the collection of one million signatures would be presented in theshape of a document to the ‘European Parliament’s Human Rights Committee’in order to raise the issue of violations of human rights in OccupiedKashmir.