AJK govt believes in good governance, says Masood

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan said that the AJK government would make every effort to streng-then the political system, good governance, carrying out merit-based appointments, and fast-tracking development projects within AJK.

He made these remarks during a meeting with AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan, wherein the

two leaders also discussed the deteriorating human rights situation in Indian

Held Kashmir and expressed their resolve to intensify collective efforts for the realisation of the right to self-determination of the Kashmiris.

Sardar Masood said that global community has turned a blind eye towards the gross violations of international humanitarian laws taking place in IHK. He said, "India is committing crimes against humanity and carrying out an ethnic genocide in Jammu and Kashmir.” Sardar Masood Khan said that Indian forces are indiscriminately using pellet guns and other lethal weapons to maim and terrorize the peaceful protesters.

The Kashmir issue, he said, needs to be peacefully and democratically resolved in light of the resolutions passed by the UN Security Council.