Lodhi urges UN deputy chief to play role in ending Kashmir curfew

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NEW YORK: The outgoing Permanent Representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi on Wednesday paid her farewell visit to UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and informed her about Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir.

In a tweet, the representative said that she told the official that India’s illegal annexation of occupied Kashmir has triggered multiple crises in the region.

“I told UN USG Rosemary DiCarlo in my farewell call on her that India’s illegal annexation of occupied Kashmir has triggered multiple crises in the region & urged the UN to play its part to bring an end to the cruel curfew & lockdown that has exacerbated the plight of the Kashmiris,” she wrote.

“UN should play its part to bring an end to the cruel curfew and lockdown that has exacerbated the plight of the Kashmiris,” she urged.

“In my farewell call on UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo I thanked her for the cooperation during my tenure that we received from the Dept of Political Affairs and I updated her about the grave situation in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.”

Lodhi further thanked the department of political affairs for cooperating with Pakistan during her tenure.