*UNITED NATIONS: India has been infuriated by Pakistan raising the issue ofhuman rights violation in Occupied Kashmir at the UN’s committee oninformation to which India raised an objection.*

Pakistan’s delegate Masood Anwar, addressing a session of committee oninformation on Wednesday, raked up the issue of Kashmir alleging that humanrights violations are taking place against the people of Kashmir.

“The world we live today is marred with conflict and strife while wemaintain unity in fighting terrorism and extremism. Countering thenarrative of this twisted ideologies is imperative,” Anwar said during ageneral debate on committee on information.

He said the UN’s Department of Public Information (DPI) can play animportant role in defusing tensions and promoting interfaith harmony.

“Human rights violations in particular are a matter of serious concern tothe international community,” he said.

He urged DPI to highlight situations where “grave violations of humanrights are taking place”, especially against the Rohingya, Kashmiris andPalestinians.

India was infuriated at Anwar’s reference to Kashmir, saying his remarksare irrelevant to the work of the committee.

“We have seen another attempt here today to make reference to issuesextraneous to the agenda of the committee. We completely reject theseremarks as they have no relevance to the work of the Committee,” S SrinivasPrasad, minister in the Indian mission to the UN, said during the session.

In his statement, Prasad said India supports the DPI’s work oncounter-terrorism. “India is opposed to all forms of terrorism and believesthat effective cooperation among countries is necessary to combat thethreat,” he said.

Meanwhile, Foreign Office said Pakistan is actively pursuing the Kashmircause at all regional and international forums and a conference on theissue will also be held soon.