OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir has asked the United Nations to callon New Delhi to halt the human rights violations in Indian IllegallyOccupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K).
At its informal meeting in New York, the Contact Group said India shouldalso be impressed upon to implement the UN Security Council resolutions,which call for a plebiscite to enable the people of Indian IllegallyOccupied Jammu and Kashmir to exercise their right to self-determination.
The members of the contact group voiced deep concerns at the continuedviolations by India of the fundamental human rights in occupied territory.
Conveying the special message of Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi,Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Munir Akram said that BJPgovernment is engaged in systematically engineering a demographic change inIndian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir through new domicile laws.
The issuance of 1.6 million domicile certificates is meant to change thedemography of the occupied territory from a Muslim majority into Hindumajority territory.
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He said the status of Urdu is also being changed under a new legislation byIndia to obliterate the Muslim identity of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammuand Kashmir.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi in his special message emphasized that it wasimperative for India to immediately lift its inhumane military siege,remove restrictions on communications, movement and peaceful assembly,release incarcerated political leaders and reverse new domicile laws.