ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday it is unjust to term those partaking in the freedom struggle for Kashmir as terrorists.
A statement by the ministry stated that human rights continue to be violated in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
“In the last one year, the occupying Indian forces have increased their atrocities against innocent civilians in the valley. Kashmiris cannot be denied their right to self-determination,” read the statement.
The ministry’s statement follows the imposition of sanctions on Kashmiri freedom fighter and chief of the Hizbul Mujahieed Syed Sallahudin by the US government on Monday.
The move means the United States now considers Salahuddin, also known as Mohammad Yusuf Shah, a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist,” the US State Department said in a statement.
The designation slaps sanctions on “foreign persons who have committed, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of US nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States,” the statement read.