Pakistan on Tuesday, summoned Indian Chargé d’ Affaires to lodge strong protest on the occasion of Kashmir Black Day.
According to the press-release issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Indian envoy was summoned to register Pakistan’s strong protest on occasion of the Kashmir Black Day in condemnation of the continued human rights violations being perpetrated by Indian occupation forces against innocent Kashmiri people in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK).
“It was demanded that the Indian Government give the Kashmiris their legitimate right to self-determination in accordance with the relevant United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions which call for a free and impartial plebiscite under UN auspices,” read the statement issued by Foreign Office (FO).
In addition to it, Indian side was asked to rescind its illegal and unilateral actions of 5 August 2019, immediately lift its military siege in IIOJK, and reverse its illegal measures to change the demographic structure of the occupied territory.
Furthermore, Pakistan has urged India to at once, cease extrajudicial killings of Kashmiri youth in fake encounters and so-called cordon-and-search operations and release the illegally detained Kashmiri youth and political leadership.
Moreover, Pakistan accentuated that in order to achieve an accurate assessment f the humanitarian situation in the region, India needed to immediately remove all restrictions on the media, Internet and mobile communications in IIOJK and allow independent observers, human rights organizations and international media unhindered access to the occupied territory.
FO also underscored the inalienable right to self-determination of Kashmiri people as guaranteed by UNSC Resolutions.
