Bilawal writes letter to UN regarding Indian atrocities in IHK

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday wrote a letter to United Nation Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to draw the world attention to Indian atrocities in the held Kashmir

According to the letter issued by PPP, Bilawal states, “ON behalf of the Pakistan People’s Party and the people of Pakistan I wish to draw your attention to the increasing tempo and scale of human rights violations in Kashmir, particularly since July 8 when the Indian security forces used disproportionate force to indiscriminately kill political activists.”

Bilawal told Ban ki-Moon that during the few days, over 40 people had been killed and thousands injured, whose only fault was to demand their right to self-determination guaranteed to them by the United Nations over six decades ago.

He added that the graphic media reports speak loudly of the atrocities in Kashmir at the hands of Indian security forces.

The letter further states, “Excellency, I am sure you agree that Kashmir is a dangerous flashpoint in the South Asia region. Regardless of which government is in power the people of Pakistan are committed to providing moral, political and diplomatic support to the people of Kashmir in their just struggle for their inalienable right of self-determination. The over seven hundred thousand Indian troops stationed in Kashmir for the past decades have not been able to suppress the yearning of the Kashmiri people to achieve what has long been promised to them by the international community, including through an important instrument of UN Resolution. Furthermore, I worry that any conflagration or ramping up of tension also runs the risk of threatening regional peace and stability.”

He further said Pakistan has been in the forefront of seeking non-military solutions to this vexed conflict and seeks your good offices in taking note of the egregious violations of the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination.

Bilawal urged Ban ki-Moon the UN  to take notice of the state-sponsored violence in Kashmir and prevail upon the Indian authorities to immediately cease all such actions that violate the human rights, dignities and fundamental entitlements of the Kashmiri people. Because the United Nations is not only the guarantor of fundamental human rights of peoples anywhere in the world, but is also responsible for taking pro-active measures to ensure peace in regions prone to conflict such as the South Asian region.