ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Tuesday it is unjust to term those partaking in the freedom struggle for Kashmir as terrorists.
A statement by the ministry stated that human rights continue to be violated in India-occupied Kashmir.
“In the last one year, the occupying Indian forces have increased their atrocities against innocent civilians in the valley. Kashmiris cannot be denied their right to self-determination,” read the statement.
“Pakistan shall continue to extend political, diplomatic and moral support for the just struggle of the Kashmiri people for the realisation of the right to self-determination and the peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with UN Security Council Resolutions,” the Foreign Ministry said here in a statement.
“The designation of individuals supporting the Kashmiri right to self-determination as terrorists is completely unjustified,” a ministry spokesperson said in a statement without naming Salahuddin.
The statements follow the imposition of sanctions on Kashmiri freedom fighter and chief of the Hizbul Mujahideen Syed Salahuddin by the US government on Monday.
The move means the United States now considers Salahuddin, also known as Mohammad Yusuf Shah, a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist,” the US State Department said in a statement.