Genocide in IHK: Malik asks govt to file law suit against Modi in ICJ and ICC

ISLAMABAD: PPP senior leader and Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator A. Rehman Malik on Wednesday released the letter he has written to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi wherein he has urged him to file a law suit in International Court of Justice (ICJ) and International Criminal Court (ICC) under Rome Statute against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his accomplices for their crimes against humanity and genocide in Indian Occupied Kashmir.

While addressing the press conference here on Wednesday, Senator Abdul Rehman Malik advised the government to follow the precedent set by Gambian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Abubacarr Marie Tambadou who presented the case of Rohingyan massacre before the ICJ. “If a small country Gambia can stand for Rohingyan Muslims why can’t Pakistan go for oppressed Kashmiris in ICJ and ICC,” he said. In his letter he wrote that it is fact that India Indian Army is committing war crimes against oppressed Kashmiris in terms of mass-murdering, mass-graving, mass-blinding through pelting, rapes, tortures, enforced disappearances, political repression and locking down of the whole valley through strict curfew.

He said that so far more than 94,000 Kashmiris have been killed, 7,000 persons have been killed in Indian custody, 22,000 women have been widowed, 105,000 children have been orphaned and 10,000 women have been raped and molested by Indian military and paramilitary troops since 1989. He said more than 8000 people have gone missing in enforced disappearances by Indian forces since 1989. He stressed that all these atrocious crimes against humanity make the Indian government and PM Narendra Modi liable to be trialed in international courts. Senator Abdul Rehman Malik emphasized that his point of view to take the Kashmir issue in ICJ and ICC is now strengthened as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General Abubacarr Marie Tambadou of Gambian picked the courage and presented the case of Rohingyan massacre before the ICJ referring to UN Fact Finding Mission’s report of 2018-19 compiled with graphic details as to how army troops brutally conducted the crackdowns and killed thousands of Rohingyan Muslims while the women were raped, villages were set to fire while people were inside their house and their properties were destroyed in 2017. He said that same crimes are being committed by Indian forces under Prime Minister Narendra Modi against innocent Kashmiris. Senator A. Rehman Malik urged that the precedent of action against Myanmar Authorities for Rohingyan massacre initiated by Republic of Gambia also entitles the government of Pakistan and government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir or even any individual or group to file a petition in both International Courts for taking action against Indian authorities. Senator Rehman Malik, during the press conference, demanded formation of medical board to look after health of former President Asif Ali Zardari. He said Asif Zardari was put behind bars on the basis of unproved charges during his trial and the government must provide him complete health facilities and access to private doctor of his choice.