Pakistan summons Indian diplomat to lodge protest on Black Day

Pakistan summons Indian diplomat to lodge protest on Black Day.

Foreign Office summoned the Indian Chargé d’ Affaires today to register Pakistan’s strong protest on occasion of the Kashmir Black Day in condemnation of the continued human rights violations in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan summons Indian diplomat

According to the Foreign Office statement, they demanded that the Indian Government give Kashmiris their legitimate right to self-determination in accordance with the relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions. Those call for a free and impartial plebiscite under UN auspices.

The FO further demanded that India rescind its illegal and unilateral actions of 5 August 2019, immediately lift its military siege in IIOJK, and reverse its illegal measures to change the demographic structure of the occupied territory.

It called upon the Indian side to cease extrajudicial killings of Kashmiri youth in fake encounters and so-called cordon-and-search operations and release the illegally detained Kashmiri youth and political leadership.

It was underscored that to enable an accurate assessment of the humanitarian situation in the region, India needs to immediately remove all restrictions on the media, Internet and mobile communications in IIOJK and allow independent observers, human rights organizations and international media unhindered access to the occupied territory.

Pakistan reiterated its position that India’s illegal steps cannot alter the disputed status of the occupied territory nor can these prejudice the Kashmiris’ inalienable right to self-determination as enshrined in the relevant UNSC Resolutions for which Pakistan extends the fullest support.

GTV