Indian brutalities in held Kashmir: Pakistan to raise issue on world fora

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to raise the issue of unprecedented Indian brutalities in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) at bilateral and multilateral forums across the world.

The decision has been taken in 20th meeting of National Security Committee (NSC) of the Cabinet in the wake of massacre of the Muslim population in IHK. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at Prime Minister House.

The NSC, while reiterating Pakistan’s commitment to political, diplomatic and moral support for the IHK people in their just and legitimate struggle for their right to self-determination that has also promised to them by the unanimous resolutions of the UN Security Council (UNSC), eulogised the extraordinary courage and resilience of the Kashmiri people in the face of Indian brutalities, gross and systematic violations of all their human rights. The Committee observed that the purely indigenous character of this uprising has once again belied the false propaganda by the Indian government.

The meeting was attended by Minister for Foreign Affairs Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue & Economic Affairs Miftah Ismail, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, Director General ISI Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar, National Security Adviser Lt Gen (R) Nasser Khan Janjua, Foreign Secretary Ms Tehmina Janjua, Secretary to the Prime Minister (SPM) Fawad Hasan Fawad, DGMO Major General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, senior civil and military officials.

The Committee condemned the recent reign of terror unleashed by the Indian security forces in IHK, which has resulted in the martyrdom of twenty innocent civilians and lethal injuries to hundreds of innocent men, women and children. The continued inhuman and incessant use of pellet guns against innocent protesters and funeral processions by occupation force has once again resulted in injuries to hundreds of Kashmiris and blinding of scores of them. The National Security Committee praised the extraordinary courage and resilience of Kashmiri people in the face of Indian brutalities, gross and systematic violations of all their human rights. The National Security Committee reviewed the broader regional situation and expressed satisfaction over the role that Pakistan continues to play for peace and stability.