AJK president briefs PM Imran on foreign visits to highlight IIOJK's cause

Visits to US and Europe were for to motivate the Pakistani diaspora to highlight the besieged valley internationally

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday and briefed him on his recent foreign visits to highlight the cause of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

During a meeting in Islamabad, President Mahmood apprised the PM Imran of his successful visits to the United States and Europe to motivate the Pakistani diaspora to highlight the besieged valley internationally.

Both leaders also discussed matters pertaining to development in AJK.

On November 5, Pakistan said that despite deploying 900,000 troops in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), New Delhi is trying to portray false sense of normalcy in the occupied valley to mislead the international community.

“India is trying to portray false sense of normalcy and development in IIOJK. But the reality on ground is totally different as you have also noted that the Kashmiri people have rejected these attempts,” Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmed had said at a weekly press briefing in Islamabad.

Expressing “serious concern” on the reports about Indian occupation forces setting up a so-called new investigation agency in IIOJK, he said this could be another repressive tool to further terrorise Kashmiris.

New Delhi has approved the establishment of a new, specialised investigating agency, State Investigation Agency (SIA), in IIOJK which will primarily investigate terrorism related cases, according to the Indian media.