- Abbasi suggests fact-finding mission visits Kashmir
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has stated that the denial of the right to self-determination to the Kashmiri people for the last seven decades raises questions about the conscience of the international community and the United Nations.
“The worst form of state terrorism is being perpetrated against the Kashmiri people to silence and crush their legitimate struggle, in complete disregard of international human rights and humanitarian laws. The entire Indian state machinery is involved in these crimes against humanity,” he said.
“There is a need for an independent, transparent and fair investigation into these human rights violations under the UN,” he said in his message on the occasion of the Black Day observed every year on October 27. Pakistan has supported the proposal of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for sending a fact-finding mission to Jammu Kashmir, he said.
“We reiterate our call and hope that the international community will pay heed to the miseries and sufferings of the Kashmiri people,” he added. The prime minister described October 27, 1947 as one of the darkest days of human history and said this day marks a grave human tragedy when 69 years ago Indian forces landed in Srinagar to occupy, subjugate, oppress, and terrorise innocent Kashmiris.
“This pattern of brutalities continues with impunity even today,” he said. Despite commitments made by the early Indian leadership and several resolutions of the UN Security Council on Jammu Kashmir, the Indian government had unleashed a reign of terror in the disputed state, he said.
Prime Minister Abbasi said that India must honour commitments of its founding fathers and ensure implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions on Jammu Kashmir for resolution of this long-standing dispute.
“We pay homage to the sacrifices of our Kashmiri brethren and reiterate our unflinching and steadfast moral, diplomatic and political support for the just cause of the people of Jammu Kashmir. This support will continue till the realisation of the lawful right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people,” he added.