Indian land transfer demographic terrorism: Shehryar

Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Chairman Shehryar Khan Afridi warned India against the transfer of Kashmiri lands to Central Reserve Police Force (CPRF) as a ploy at crafting demographic change in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

He expressed these views while addressing the participants of the Kashmir Committee meeting held at the Parliament House.

Afridi said that the fascist regime of Modi is hell bent on morphing the demographic status of the occupied territory by accelerating transfer of land to Indian forces under the garb of turning them into “strategic areas” which is war crime and crime of aggression under international law.

He said that the world community should put India under scrutiny for extra-judicial killings of the Kashmiri people. Afridi said that the silence of the world over India’s war crimes in occupied Jammu and Kashmir is encouraging the Modi regime to exacerbate its crimes against humanity against helpless Kashmiris.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi briefed the meeting on the developments taking place on the Kashmir dispute and the government’s policy to counter the illegal Indian measures.

Qureshi made it clear that there is no back channel between Pakistan and India over the Kashmir dispute and neither there would be any dialogue until India creates enabling environment for a dialogue on Kashmir.

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“The onus lies with India as they vitiated the environment and they need to create enabling environment for any dialogue. Pakistan will not show leniency towards India,” he said.

The foreign minister said that Pakistan has been raising Kashmir at all available forums since the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government took over. He said Pakistan took up the Kashmir dispute at the United Nations Security Council which dented Indian narrative that Kashmir was an integral part of India. He said that Pakistan also raised Kashmir at the United Nations Human Rights Council, European Union and other international parliamentary forums.

He said that Kashmiris were the principal party to the Kashmir dispute along with Pakistan and India and they would be included in any dialogue on Kashmir. He said that the measures taken by India on Aug 5, 2019 have violated bilateral agreements and United Nations conventions and UN Security Council resolutions. He said that the post Aug 5 events have proved that Kashmiri freedom movement is an indigenous struggle and India has failed in its propaganda to blame Pakistan for the freedom movement.

He said that due to extensive lobbying of Pakistan, today the world stands concerned on Kashmir and voices within India are also rising. He said that Pakistani missions have been working vigorously to raise awareness on the Kashmir dispute and events are being held to spread awareness over the Indian oppressive tactics in IIOJK. He said he had written 25 letters to the UN Secretary General over the issue.

He said due to these efforts, India is subject to more scrutiny by the world community on developments taking place in IIOJK.