ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi, hasupdated the UN Security Council President, Joanna Wronecka, on thedeepening crisis in Indian occupied Kashmir.
She has also briefed two senior world body’s humanitarian officials on theacute suffering of the people languishing under a military lockdown for thepast 25 days.
Maleeha Lodhi told the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs,Mark Lowcock, that over 14 million Kashmiris are facing a grim situationsince Aug 5 when India annexed occupied Kashmir, sparking off the crisis.
She said New Delhi’s “draconian measures” have led to shortages of food,medicine and essential supplies for over a million Kashmiri people, with noend in sight.
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During her meeting with UNICEF’s Deputy Executive Director, Ms. HannanSulieman, the Pakistani envoy said systematic human rights violations arebeing committed by Indian security forces in occupied Kashmir.
She said young boys are being abducted from their homes and being tortured.
