FM expresses resolve to continue efforts against xenophobia

FM expresses resolve to continue efforts against xenophobia.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has expressed the resolve that Pakistan will continue advancing international efforts to protect individuals against xenophobia, discrimination, stigmatization and incitement to violence based on religion or belief.

FM expresses resolve to continue efforts

He said this in his message on International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief.

The FM said there is a disproportionate growth in hate speech and stigmatization of Muslim communities leading to acts of violence.

He said the world must call on India to immediately lift its inhuman military siege in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

The Foreign Minister said for over a year, the people of occupied territory have been deprived of all fundamental freedoms and India must be held accountable for its serious crimes against the Kashmiri people.

The Foreign Minister said that on the basis of the principles enshrined in its constitution, Pakistan has taken a number of steps domestically to promote freedom on the basis of religion or belief and protecting minorities.

Meanwhile, Chairman Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi asked the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to depute a fact-finding commission to investigate the cases of violence based on religion and belief in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

GTV