ISLAMABAD – Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen M Mazari while speaking inSenate has said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was working on ablueprint for finding a permanent solution to Kashmir dispute.
“There has been no consistency on our policies on Kashmir and the time hascome we go beyond extending moral and diplomatic support to Kashmir…we muststop playing politics on Kashmir issue,” she maintained.
She lauded then step taken by the European Parliament, saying it is verygood development as for the first time, the EU parliament is going to makepublic the human right violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
“We’ve also invited UN human rights commissioner to visit held Kashmir totake notice of the rights violations by the Indian security forces andagain this is being done for the first time, which will expose the Indianbrutalities on Kashmiris,” she declared.
She said that the Kashmiri diaspora abroad is in deep slumber and remembersKashmir when the region undergoes into election gear. “No successivegovernments ever raised the killing of innocent children and rape of womenin Kashmir,” she said.
The UNGA has unanimously adopted a resolution moved by Pakistan on Kashmirissue, she said adding it was an important development.
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Senator Raza Rabbani came down hard on western world for their doublestandard about Kashmir said, “It is useless to have hopes from the UnitedNations that the international body would help in resolving the issue.” Healso added that UN had become a tool in the hands of United States. Hecondemned the role of the west in resolving the issue and said that nowestern country ever condemned human rights violations in IOK.
Rabbani went on to say that any resolution regarding Muslim world or thethird world was always vetoed in UN. He also said that US had maintained astrategic relationship with India as the former wanted the latter to make apoliceman in the region. “We will not let India to assume this role,” hesaid.
PML-N Senator Mushahidullah Khan said that in future a US-backed UN was nodifferent than League of Nations as it is doing which suits the US and itscronies, adding the silence of western human rights champions on Kashmir isone example how concerned they are about human rights.
PPP Senator Sherry Rehman also flayed the western world especially the USand the UK, saying the way they are treating Kashmir story is unjust.