ISLAMABAD – Pakistan strongly condemned the extra-judicial killing of fiveKashmiris by the brutal Indian forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammuand Kashmir (IIOJK).
A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said Islamabadreiterated its call for international accountability of the Indianoccupation forces.
“In their unabated reign of terror, the Indian occupation forces havemartyred at least 23 Kashmiris in fake ‘encounters’ and so-calledcordon-and-search operations in the month of January alone,” MoFA’sstatement cited.
The spokesperson said, “We reiterate our call to the internationalcommunity, including the United Nations, to hold India accountable for itsgross and systematic human rights violations and crimes against humanity inIIOJK, without further delay”.
Indian forces were relentlessly targeting Kashmiris, especially the youth,in the occupied territory and were driven by the far-right extremistHindutva ideology that provoked and condoned genocide of Muslims.
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Pakistan urged the world leaders to stop this wanton oppression andpersecution of the besieged Kashmiris under illegal occupation, theministry said.
Occupation forces in the caged valley were known to kill innocentKashmiris, claiming that they were ‘alleged militants’, in efforts ofgetting monetary rewards or ‘gallantry’ medals. Pakistan salutes theresilience of the Kashmiri people who continue to stand firm in their justand peaceful struggle for their legitimate right to self-determination aspledged to them by the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
