ISLAMABAD – Pakistan strongly condemned the ruthless killing of 14 innocentKashmiris at the hands of the Indian occupying forces.
“The Indian firing also left another 200 people injured,” Foreign Officespokesperson said in a statement on Twitter.
“From blinding an 18-month baby Hiba, to murdering 14-year-old Kashmiriboys, India makes a mockery of human rights every day in IHK,” thespokesperson said.
He added that the establishment of the commission of inquiry, asrecommended by the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for HumanRights, was imperative to bring an immediate halt to Indian state-sponsoredterrorism and human right abuses in the disputed region.
Former IHK chief minister Omar Abdullah termed the Pulwama civiliankillings as a massacre.
In a statement on his Twitter handle, he said the government forces usedexcessive force and that there was no other reason as to why the death tollhad swollen. He added that the only way to describe the killings was tocall it a “massacre”
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Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president said the administration ofthe valley had only one task to focus on the security of the people andrestore peace in a troubled region. “However, it appears that’s the onlything the administration is not doing.”
It is pertinent to note that Saturday’s bloodshed capped the deadliest yearin the region since 2009, with nearly 550 killed so far, including some 150civilians, according to a monitoring group.
Earlier this month, a former Indian army general had said that the Indianarmy created a suitable environment to resolve the long-pending Kashmirissue, but the elected governments of the country “failed to find anysolution to it”.