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Pakistan’s successful diplomacy in US gives yet another blow to India over Occupied Kashmir lockdown

Pakistan’s successful diplomacy in US gives yet another blow to India over Occupied Kashmir lockdown

WASHINGTON – Pakistan’s successful diplomacy in United States gives yetanother blow to India over Occupied Kashmir lockdown.

The Subcommittee of US House Committee on Foreign Affairs will holddiscussion on human rights situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) whichhas been under a clampdown since August 5.

This was stated by Brad Sherman, a member of the US House Committee onForeign Affairs, in his tweet on Friday.

He said that yesterday several members of the United States House ofRepresentatives held a meeting with Acting Assistant Secretary of State forsouth and central Asian affairs Alice Wells. During the meeting thediscussions focused on Kashmir, both the immediate human rights situationand the legal status of Kashmir.

He further said that the subcommittee will soon discuss, among otherthings, the need to restore communications and restore civil liberties inthe Occupied Kashmir.