ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has challenged India’s eligibility for the UnitedNations Security Council’s permanent and non-permanent membership.
Islamabad’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Munir Akram saidNew Delhi was in blatant violation of the 15-member security council’sresolutions aimed at settling the decades-old Kashmir dispute.
India has been a member of the UNSC for seven terms, with each term runningfor two years.
Akram added that India has placed a draconian lockdown in the occupiedvalley for over 100 days and the right-wing BJP government is perpetratinghuman rights violations.
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Tensions have been high in Indian-Occupied Kashmir (IOK) since August 5when New Delhi moved to bring the region under direct rule, cuttelecommunications and detained thousands of Kashmiris including politicalleaders.
