ISLAMABAD – Pakistan officially responds over the US Human rightsCommission against India over Occupied Kashmir.
The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday welcomed the hearing of the Humanrights Commission of the United States Congress on the situation inoccupied Jammu and Kashmir, where people are facing movement andcommunications restrictions for more than 100 days.
“Pakistan welcomes the public hearing on human rights in occupied Jammu andKashmir by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US Congress, heldon November 14 at Washington DC,” read a statement issued today.
According to the statement, the deliberations of the commission reinforcedinternationally recognised disputed nature of the Jammu and Kashmir issueand highlighted gross human rights violations and the humanitarian crisisin occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
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“A call for an independent fact-finding mission to occupied Kashmir wasmade and the right of self-determination of Kashmiri people was also dulyunderscored during the Commission’s proceedings,” it added.