Imran Khan condemns Indian Army brutalities in IOK
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ISLAMABAD: (APP) Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan Wednesday urged United Nations member states to fulfill their commitment to help Kashmiris winning right to self-determination as committed in UN Security Council Resolutions.
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Commenting on the 71st General Assembly session in New York, he pointed out that in 1999 the Security Council had fulfilled similar commitments made to East Timor and he demanded that the same resoluteness be enforced on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
Khan condemned the brutal ongoing assault by Indian occupation forces in Indian Occupied Kashmir against unarmed Kashmiri civilians including women and children - with the death toll rising daily as well as the number of injured.
The use of inhumane weapons like pellet guns is a clear violation of international conventions.
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Khan highlighted that it is the duty of the international community to step in and stop the human rights violations going on in Occupied Kashmir by the Indian military - especially since the Kashmir dispute is an international issue on the agenda of the UN Security Council where India took the dispute in January 1948.
Khan stressed that the use of force cannot be used to win over the loyalties of a people nor can people be forced into submission through military occupation.
Khan urged consistent long term Kashmir policy as the issue is not about territory but about the Kashmiris right to self-determination. "We cannot have an "on-off" approach where we ignore the plight of the Kashmiris until a new uprising by yet another generation of Kashmiris swells up in Occupied Kashmir. Nor can we ignore the wishes of the Kashmiri people," Khan emphasised.
Khan also said that India must move away from its blame game against Pakistan if it seriously wants to move towards peace in the region.
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Referring to the Uri incident, Khan said instead of immediately hurling accusations against Pakistan, India should provide actionable intelligence to Pakistan if it is serious in seeking cooperation in the investigation - instead of simply political point scoring.
The suffering and struggle of successive generations of Kashmiris has gone on too long for Pakistan and India to simply play politics and indulge in point scoring on Jammu and Kashmir. Nor can the world ignore the continuing violation of Kashmiris human and political rights.
Khan concluded: "the future of the subcontinent lies in resolution of the Kashmir dispute and peace between neighbours, as peace dividends are the best way to reduce poverty in the subcontinent."
