Bilawal writes letter to UNSC president

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari wrote a letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) President Michel Biang of Gabon about the “alarming” situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir.

Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Munir Akram on Thursday met the president and delivered him the FM’s letter.

The minister urged the Security Council and the secretary-general, in his letter, to make concerted efforts to help bring about a peaceful settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UNSC resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people, according to a press release issued by the Pakistan mission to the UN.

The ambassador described India’s occupation of IIOJK on Wednesday as “worst manifestation of modern-day colonialism.”

Akram pointed out that since 1946, 80 former colonies have gained independence, but there are still people who are denied the right to self-determination. “Most prominently,” he stressed, “the people of occupied Jammu & Kashmir and Palestine.”