Pakistan will continue to extend political, diplomatic support to Kashmiris: FO Spokesperson
Islamabad: Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch has said that Pakistan will continue to extend moral, political and diplomatic support to Kashmiris for the just and peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolutions.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch addressing the weekly press briefing on Friday said Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi delivered a statement at the ongoing 55th Session of the Human Rights Council, reaffirming Pakistan’s commitment to making 2024 pivotal for human rights.
She said that the Foreign Secretary urged the High Commissioner’s Office to closely monitor the situation in IIOJK, to establish a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the human rights situation there.
Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that Pakistan denounces the decision by the Indian authorities to ban the Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir (Bhat faction), and Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir (Sumji faction), while extending the current ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu Kashmir for five more years.
She said that with this decision, a total of eight Kashmiri political parties have been outlawed in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Their leadership and cadres are also facing persecution.
She said that these oppressive measures reflect a vicious intent by India to stifle dissent and freedom of expression in IIOJK in complete disregard for international human rights and humanitarian law.
Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that India should immediately lift the curbs on the banned Kashmiri parties; release all political prisoners and dissenters; and forthwith implement the United Nations Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir.
