FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi. PHOTO: AFP
The situation in Kashmir is deteriorating day by day with a humanitarian crisis looming, FM Qureshi told reporters in Khanewal.
"We have the reports that [the] Indian ruling party, BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party], is preparing to deploy the RSS [Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh] goons in [occupied] Kashmir to carry out a massacre of the innocent people there", the foreign minister said.
It is the responsibility of the international community to stop the Indian government and save lives of the Kashmiri people, he added.
The RSS is a prominent Hindu supremacist organisation which gave birth to the ruling party - BJP.
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FM Qureshi praised the Turkish people for holding a massive rally in Istanbul and Ankara to support their Muslim brothers and sisters in Kashmir. "I am thankful to Turkish people and people of other Islamic countries who show solidarity with Kashmiri people and raised voice against the Indian government illegal actions," Qureshi said.
The Indian-occupied region has been facing a clampdown since August 5 when New Delhi revoked Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which conferred it a special status. Hundreds, mainly political leaders, have been detained or arrested by authorities since the move.
Kashmiri leaders and residents fear the move is an attempt by India to change the demography of the state, where some groups have been fighting Indian rule for either independence or unification with neighboring Pakistan.
According to several human rights groups, thousands of people have been killed in the conflict in the region since 1989.
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