- Use of brute force on mourners in IHK widely denounced
Pakistan handed over a dossier on human rights violations in India-held Kashmir (IHK) to the United Nations General Assembly.
The prime minister’s special envoys on Kashmir, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed and Dr Shizra Mansab Ali, handed over the dossier to UNGA President Peter Thomson in New York.
The envoys briefed the UNGA president about the threat to peace and security posed by the deteriorating situation in held Kashmir.
Senator Mushahid said India had closed all doors to bilateral dialogue, scuttled a regional summit and refused to implement the United Nations Security Council resolutions at the international level.
Dr Shezra Ali detailed the killings of protesters in Kashmir, and briefed the UNGA president about injuries caused by the use of brute force by Indian forces.
The UNGA president expressed concern at the situation and assured the visiting envoys of every possible effort to foster peace. He said an update on the current situation from the UN Department of Peace Keeping Operations would also be sought.
SPECIAL ENVOYS CONCLUDE FRUITFUL VISIT TO TURKEY:
Meanwhile, Prime Minister’s Special Envoys on Jammu & Kashmir Pervez Malik and Mohsin Shah Nawaz Ranjha concluded a highly successful and productive visit to Turkey, Pakistan Embassy in Ankara stated on Thursday.
During their stay, they apprised the Turkish political and parliamentary leadership, media, members of civil society, academics, think-tanks and youth representatives of the gross and systematic violations of human rights being perpetrated by the security forces in Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir, while effectively projecting Pakistan’s principled stance on the Kashmir dispute.
The special envoys called on Chairperson of the Committee on National Defence of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) Yusuf Beyazit and briefed him about the latest situation in the IOK.
Highlighting the ongoing atrocities, the envoys called for a robust response from the international community to bring an end to impunity, and the vicious cycle of state-terrorism against the innocent Kashmiri people in IOK.
Chairman Yusuf Beyazit noted that the Kashmir issue had remained unresolved for 70 years, with adverse implications for regional peace and stability.
Separately, the special envoys met with Chairperson of the Turkish
Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights Inquiry Mustafa Yeneroglu and highlighted the scale and severity of the human rights violations being perpetrated by the occupying forces against the innocent Kashmiris.
They expressed the hope that the relevant human rights bodies would continue to call on the Indian government to end the gross violations of human rights forthwith and conduct an independent inquiry to hold accountable those responsible for these crimes.
The special envoys also met with the Chairman of the Turkey-Pakistan Cultural Association, Burhan Kayatürk, and thanked him for the resolute and unequivocal support of Turkey on Pakistan’s principled position on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, and for highlighting the grave human rights situation in IOK.
USE OF BRUTE FORCE ON MOURNERS WIDELY DENOUNCED:
In occupied Kashmir, All-Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman Syed Ali Geelani and Hurriyet leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi and Masroor Abbas condemned the restrictions and the use of brute force by Indian forces on the participants of Muharram processions.
The leaders in their statements in Srinagar also denounced the continued crackdown on pro-freedom leaders, activists and young boys.
Other Hurriyet leaders who denounced the Indian brutalities included Mohammad Yousuf Naqash, Syed Bashir Andrabi, Bilal Siddiqui, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, Zafar Akbar Butt, Javed Ahmad Mir, Qazi Yasir, Shabbir Ahmed Dar, Nahida Nasreen, Muhammad Iqbal Mir, Muhammad Ahsan Untoo, Imtiyaz Ahmad Reshi and Ghulam Nabi War.
Meanwhile, reports said the Ashura processions could not be taken out on Wednesday due to stringent curfew and a 27-year-old official ban on them.
Police detained several mourners after subjecting them to brute force and teargas shelling near BSNL Exchange headquarters in Srinagar when they tried to take out processions.
The troops arrested dozens of people including, Agha Syed Muntazir Al-Moosvi, Ghulam Hassan Malik, Agha Syed Baqir and Nisar Hussain after they defied curfew and appeared at Lal Chowk and TRC in Srinagar.
The mourners who arrived in Srinagar from central Kashmir’s district Budgam and elsewhere despite restrictions were shouting pro-freedom slogans when they were detained.
They were planning to reach Imambargah Zadibal from where the biggest Muharram procession was to be taken out.
On the other hand, dozens of people including women were injured when Indian police fired pellets on protesters in Bandipora, Sopore, Pampore, Tral and other areas of the territory.
The forces’ personnel damaged residential houses, parked vehicles, power transformers and smashed windowpanes of houses without any provocation in the areas.
AASIYA ANDRABI’S HEALTH DETERIORATING IN JAIL:
Meanwhile, the health condition of illegally detained Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) Aasiya Andrabi is deteriorating in jail. According to Kashmir Media Service, the DeM in a statement issued in Srinagar said, the cell in Baramulla sub-jail where Aasiya Andrabi has been kept is unhygienic and there is no proper sanitation facility.
The DeM requested the people to pray for the health of the top woman resistance leader. Meanwhile, the DeM general secretary, Nahida Nasreen, in a statement denounced the reign of terror unleashed by Indian forces in different parts of the occupied territory.
