PM Kakar reiterates Pakistan’s continued support for Kashmiris’ right to self determination
Islamabad: Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Friday reiterated that Pakistan would continue to extend its moral, political and diplomatic support to the valiant Kashmiri people in their just struggle for their rights, including the inalienable right to self-determination in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
According to Kashmir Media Service, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar in a message on the occasion of Self-Determination Day, today, said: “Today, Kashmiris around the world are observing the 75th anniversary of the resolution adopted by the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan (UNCIP), providing that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute will be decided through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite under the UN auspices.”
In essence, he said, it was a reaffirmation of the inalienable right to self-determination of Kashmiris, which is enshrined in international law and upheld by international human rights instruments.
He regretted that despite more than seven and a half decades, the oppressed people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) have not been able to exercise this fundamental right. India continues to oppress the people of Jammu and Kashmir to break their will.
The prime minister said that since August 5, 2019, India was engaged in a vicious exercise, aimed at altering the demographic structure and political landscape of IIOJK, to turn Kashmiris into a disempowered community in their land.
He said the Indian Supreme Court’s recent verdict on the status of IIOJK is yet another step towards the denial of the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination. The genuine aspirations of the Kashmiris cannot be wished away through domestic legislation and engineered judicial verdicts, he added.
He pointed out that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) annually adopts a resolution on “Universal Realization of the Right of the People to Self-Determination” that draws international attention towards the plight and rights of people living under situations of forced occupation.
The international community, especially the United Nations, is responsible for ensuring that the people of IIOJK exercise their inalienable right to self-determination, he maintained.
