AJK PM terms Indian democracy a deception

MUZAFFARABAD: The Prime Minister (PM) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Farooq Haider has said that Indian democracy is a gimmick to deceive the international community.

Talking to a delegation of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) AJK chapter, who called on him here at prime minister secretariat on Friday, he said that India on one side was oppressing Kashmiri people through brutalities committed by its army, while on the other the Indian leadership presents a cosmetic democratic face to the world.

He asked the international community, international human rights organisations and European Union to send their delegations to Indian held Kashmir so that they could witness gross human rights abuses and atrocities besides determining the ground realities. It would help the world community to see the real face of India masked with so-called democracy and secularism, AJK PM added.

Farooq Haider also said that extremism in India is at its peak and Hindu fanatics have made the lives of minorities miserable under the patronage of ruling BJP government. “We are going to contact all the political, social and religious parties and organisations in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir to stage a strong common protest against India in order to seek the attention of UN and the international community,” PM Farooq told APHC leaders.

The APHC leaders on the occasion sought PM’s attention towards the 6 per cent quota issue of Kashmiri refugees and the PM assured that all issues of Kashmiri refugees including the quota would be resolved on a priority basis.

AJK PM expressed his apprehension over the India-Israel accord and termed it a threat to the region.