British MPs call for holding moot to resolve Kashmir dispute

LONDON:

The British lawmakers urged their government to hold a multilateral conference on Kashmir for ending the conflict in the UN-designated disputed territory.

At a conference held at the British parliament, the participants, including the British lawmakers, expressed concern over settler colonialism being implemented in Jammu and Kashmir by India.

The lawmakers, including Debbie Abrahams, Andrew Pakes, Emma Reynolds, Yuan Yang, Iqbal Mohammed, Sarah Smith, Rachel Hopkins, Paulette Hamilton, Clive Betts and Afzal Khan attended the conference chaired by Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK President Fahim Kayani.

Among others include Muzzamil Ayub Takhur from Indian occupied Kashmir; Muhammad Ghalib, president Tehreek-e-Kashmir Europe; Rehana Ali, Advocate and info secretary of TeK UK; Sadaf Abbas Cheema from King’s College London Students Union; and Khawajah Suleman and Naila Azmat, human rights activists.

Reiterating their support to Kashmiris’ right to self-determination as enshrined in various UN resolutions, the conference lamented the inaction by the international community on Kashmir front.

“We note with heavy heart the grave human rights situation in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir, especially after August 2019 when India re-annexed the UN-designated disputed territory, and is engaged in occupying military-backed settler colonialism,” said a resolution adopted at the conference.

It also expressed concern over the clampdown by the Indian military regime in the UN-designated disputed territory. The conference called on the ruling Labour Party to bring a resolution to the House of Commons on situation in Jammu and Kashmir.