The Foreign Office (FO) on Wednesday said that India calling Kashmir as its essential part is a violation of United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) resolutions.
FO spokesman Nafees Zakaria in an interview said that Pakistan would always resist this notion at every legal and diplomatic forum.
The spokesman said Pakistan’s main concern is the violation of human rights in Kashmir and regretted that the international community remained ignorant about the situation.
He emphasised that the recent wave of protest in Kashmir must not be taken as a fresh movement of resistance.
Rather, it is a freedom movement continuing since 1989 in which over 0.1 million Kashmiris have lost their lives on the hands of Indian security forces.
He dismissed the idea of any external force behind Kashmiris’ resistance movement and termed it an internal drive of Kashmir’s younger generation against the atrocities of Indian security forces which they have been suffering for 26 years.
“According to its policy, the government of Pakistan has always been registering its protest through their envoys at every legal and diplomatic forum,” he added.
He called upon the international community and media to support the Kashmir issue and play their respective roles in highlighting the ongoing atrocities in Indian-held Kashmir.
About prospects of foreign secretary level dialogue between Pakistan and India, Zakaria said the resumption process has faced a delay due to ongoing situation in Kashmir.
He said the routine talks between the border security forces of Pakistan and India are not affected; however, the composite dialogue process cannot be completed unless Kashmir issue is on the table.
