ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria on Friday said that Pakistan remained committed to peacefully resolving the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). In a statement, the spokesperson said, “Pakistan condemns and deplores the continuing reign of state terrorism against the hapless people of Indian-occupied Kashmir.”
He underlined, “During the last few days, the Indian occupation forces have killed many innocent Kashmiris and injured several others for demanding their promised and inalienable right to self-determination.”
“The Indian occupation forces, in the latest acts of barbarism, again used live ammunition and pellet guns, as well as attacked Pulwama hospital and Women College, Srinagar,” he added.
“Despite Indian state terrorism and repression, the steadfast resolve displayed by the Kashmiris demonstrates that they remain undeterred in their goal for realisation of the right to self-determination,” Zakaria said. “The deteriorating human rights situation of Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir has serious implications for the regional peace and security,” he said. “Pakistan will continue to extend its moral, political and diplomatic support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he reiterated as he called upon the international community to take notice of the grave human rights crisis in the valley and urge India to end this state sponsored terrorism.
Published in Daily Times, August 5th 2017.
