Pakistan sends another letter to UNSC about Indian draconian measures

Pakistan sends another letter to UNSC about Indian draconian measures in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K).

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written a letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) and the UN Secretary General.

He has drawn their attention to the illegal, unilateral and draconian measures India has taken to consolidate its occupation of the disputed territory.

Pakistan sends another letter to UNSC about Indian draconian measures

In his letter, the Foreign Minister categorically rejected all unilateral measures India initiated in IIOJ&K.

They include: the illegal measures India announced on and after 5 August 2019.

The FM also apprehended further unlawful steps that may be imposed in the future.

He underlined that all such measures are violations of international law, including the UNSC resolutions and 4th Geneva Convention, and, are ipso facto, legally and materially, null and void.

Furthermore, the letter highlights that, in order to suppress the people in IIOJ&K, India has deployed 900,000 security personnel.

Besides, India has enforced the most extended curfew and lockdowns, imprisoned the Kashmiri political leadership and illegally detained 15,000 Kashmiri youth.

India has tortured and extra-judicially killed young boys, put down peaceful protests violently.

India also used pellet guns and imposed collective punishments by demolishing and burning entire neighborhoods and villages.

Noting India’s active planning and promotion and financing of terrorist activities against Pakistan from across the borders, including the recent bombing in Lahore, the Foreign Minister urged the Security Council to demand that India halt its terrorist and subversive campaign against Pakistan.

Just settlement

Moreover, he underlined a just settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with relevant UNSC resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people essential for sustainable peace in South Asia.

The Foreign Minister emphasized that the onus remains on India to create a conducive environment for engagement and result-oriented dialogue.

He further said that to create such an environment, India must reverse all unilateral and illegal measures imposed in IIOJ&K, including those initiated on and after 5 August 2019.

The FM asked India must rescind the demographic changes and halt its oppression and human rights violations.

The Foreign Minister also called upon the Security Council to fulfill its obligation to ensure the full implementation of its resolutions guaranteeing the exercise of Kashmiris’ right to self-determination.

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