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Pakistan urges international community to help Indian Kashmiris

In a right-to-reply at UNHRC in Geneva, Pakistan questions India’s unabated atrocities on defenceless Kashmiris

Kamran Yousaf September 15, 2016

In a right to reply at UNHRC in Geneva, Pakistan questions India’s unabated atrocities on defenceless Kashmiris. PHOTO: REUTERS

Pakistan hit out at India on Wednesday over its human rights violations in Indian Kashmir and called upon the international community to help defenseless Kashmiris.

In a right-to-reply at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Pakistan highlighted India’s unabated atrocities on Kashmiris.

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Pakistan’s delegate termed India’s twisting of historical facts and outright denial of well-documented violations of human rights in Indian Kashmir an insult to the intelligence of UNHRC. The delegate went on to reject the Indian representative’s “absurd” on the issue.

He also asked his India counterpart to respond for the Council’s information if "India could deny that the situation in Kashmir is an internationally recognised dispute on which there are number of UN resolutions."

"Can India deny that the UN has expressly called for the holding of an impartial plebiscite to ascertain the wishes of the Kashmiri people? Can India deny there are over 700,000 military and paramilitary forces deployed in IOK, which amounts to a shocking ratio of 1 military person to 70 civilians?"

Pakistan rejects Indian claims of restraint in Indian Kashmir

He further asked if India could deny that since 1989, around 100,000 civilians have been killed in Indian Kashmir and that there are well documented reports of mass graves.

"Can India deny that in the most recent indigenous uprising in the wake of Burhan Wani’s extra-judicial killing on July 8, over 100 Kashmiris have lost their lives, 10,000 injured and over 700 suffered injuries in their eyes due to pellet guns causing either complete or partial blindness?"

COMMENTS (12)

Sandip | 7 years ago | Reply @RawalPindi Kid: Forget shaping 21st century, she will have done enough if she can shape Pakistan up. The way it looks like it is going, it will be difficult to keep the present shape of Pakistan beyond a few years.

wow | 7 years ago | Reply @RawalPindi Kid: wake up kid. Lot of water has passed since UN resolution on kashmir. We have had almost 3 wars after that. Lot of bilateral commitments, lets respect those agreements or else keep on blaming each other for human rights violation and make a joke of ourselves on international forums.

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chota bacha | 7 years ago | Reply Public Broadcaster Prasar Bharati will launch a website and mobile app tomorrow for All India Radio's Balochi service to reach out to the people who speak the language across the globe. According to officials, the Balochi website and mobile app will be launched by Prasar Bharati Chairperson A Surya Prakash. lol

ra | 7 years ago | Reply @ rawalpindu kid,oh really AQ khan father,of pakistan stolen nuclear bomb,also work and studies abrad than what happened.maleeha lodhi is a more on.just chill....just chill.

Mayor | 7 years ago | Reply @Rawalpindi Kid, This is not India agreeing or you agreeing. This is UN resolutions which itself says first Pakistan to pull back forces and also expel all Punjabis and PoK come under UN super vision and then India would reciprocate. UN resolutions cannot be implemented on Pakistan's whims and fancies. Either way, we won't agree. There is no question of plebiscite when the territory is ours.

RawalPindi Kid | 7 years ago | Reply @lol: Whoever you are, the joke is on you for being ignorant and calling Pakistan UN ambassador a comedian. The Pakistan UN ambassador is Dr. Maleeha Lodhi - a PhD, graduate of London School of Economics where she later was a professor, with a distinguished civil service career, named by Time Magazine as one of 100 people to shape 21st century, past fellow at Harvard University, international fellow at Woodrow Wilson etc. --- should I continue?

Rawalpindi Kid | 7 years ago | Reply @Shatru Sinha: Ok then, Pakistan will pull its forces if India agrees to a plebiscite, which will comply with the UN resolutions. You are in agreement? What is the problem then? The problem is India has refused to even discuss holding a plebiscite. Which leads to Kashmiris frustration, which leads them to come out in the streets to protest, which leads to Indian military's atrocities. Get it?

quatro | 7 years ago | Reply It's unfortunate that the reputation of the messenger means that the message will be ignored. India needs to reform it's actions in Kashmir ... but Pakistan isn't the country to lead the charge.

lol | 7 years ago | Reply Pakistan's UN Ambassadors are any day better than comedian umer sharif or Indian Kapil Sharma... other ambassadors at UN must have a laughing day!

Shatru Sinha | 7 years ago | Reply This move will surely back fire. UN resolution asks Pakistan to pull back forces and our ppl from the valley as a "pretext". Also the issue of LeT and Hijbul. We ourselves are living in denial of facts.

Ali S | 7 years ago | Reply Pot calling kettle black.

Nimesh Ravalji | 7 years ago | Reply Baloch,Shia,Ahmadia,POK muslims,Hindu,christian unite to fight agains pakistan's human rights violation.

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