NEW YORK – Pakistan’s first visually impaired diplomat, Saima Saleem, hitsback at India over its claim at the United Nations that occupied Kashmir isits integral part.
In her speech at the world forum, Saima used Braille as her means to chidethe neighboring country over its false claims at the United Nations.India’s gross violation of human rights in occupied Kashmir is welldocumented, she said in the speech.
Following the speech of PM Imran Khan, in which he criticized the world forits silence on inhumane actions in occupied Kashmir. India’s firstsecretary responded that Pakistan played the ‘victim of terrorism’ andalleged the South Asian country of keeping terrorist havens.
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In a fitting response to the Indian allegations, Pakistani representativesaid “Occupied Kashmir was not a so-called integral part of India nor is itIndia’s internal matter and India remains in occupation of aninternationally recognised disputed territory whose final disposition needsto be decided in accordance with the democratic principle of a free andimpartial plebiscite under UN auspices, as provided for under numerousresolutions of the Security Council”.
Saima also mentioned that Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International haveexpressed serious concerns about India’s human rights violation includingin the occupied territory and not surprisingly, Indian authorities havefailed to respond to any of these communications.
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Meanwhile, the befitting reply to India at the world forum from thecountry’s first visually impaired diplomat has won the hearts of Pakistanis.
Pakistan’s permanent representative at the United Nations also felicitatedher. “I congratulate Saima Saleem, my team member, for successfully puttingforward Pakistan’s position by exercising the right of reply”, he said.
Furthermore, Info Minister Fawad Chaudhry also hailed her as he took toTwitter for sharing the proud moment for Pakistan. Chaudhry wrote, “Saimais visually impaired but the way she spoke seems her heart can seeeverything, you have made us proud”.
