Kashmir not an integral part of India: Pak UN Rep.
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GENEVA: (APP) Ending systematic human rights violations in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir is the first essential step towards the resolution of this long-standing dispute and the UN Human Rights Council should demand this.
This was stressed by Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Geneva, Ambassador Tehmina Janjua while speaking at the Council on the issue of the right of peoples to self-determination.
She lamented the persistent denial of the right of self-determination which was granted to the people of Jammu and Kashmir by the UN Security Council.
She underlined that the situation of human rights in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir remains grave, and requires the immediate attention of the Human Rights Council.
In an exercise of the right of reply to the comments made by the Indian delegate in response to Pakistan's statement, Pakistan's Deputy Permanent Representative, Aamar Aftab Qureshi, clarified that Occupied Jammu and Kashmir was not an integral part of India.
He said, Jammu and Kashmir was a dispute recognized by the UN Security Council, adding, state terrorism was being unleashed in the Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
He added that the day was not far when the shackles of subjugation would be broken by the Kashmiri people.
