ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan has strongly condemned the unabated extra-judicial killings of Kashmiri youth in acts of state-terrorism perpetrated by Indian occupation forces in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K).
The Indian occupation forces have martyred nine more Kashmiri youth during the last 24 hours in “fake” encounters and so-called “cordon-and-search” operations in Shopian area of IOJ&K.
Several houses in the area were also destroyed and pellet guns and tear gas used against innocent Kashmiri men, women, and children who took to the streets to protest against the Indian brutalities.
In a statement on Monday, the Foreign Office said that the infliction of such collective punishment to the community is tantamount to crimes against humanity.
It said that it is highly reprehensible that while the world community is grappling with COVID-19 pandemic, India remains busy intensifying its brutalization of the Kashmiri people.
The Foreign Office said that extra-judicial killings of Kashmiri youth in “fake” encounters and “cordon-and-search” operations by the Indian occupation forces are being perpetrated with complete impunity under the cover of draconian laws.
In further inhuman practices, the occupation forces neither reveal the identities of the martyrs nor hand over their mortal remains to the families for burial.
The “Hindutva” agenda of the RSS-BJP combine is targeting defenseless Kashmiris with mindless violence to break their will.
It said that India’s efforts to subjugate the Kashmiri people through killings, torture, forced disappearances, incarcerations, and brutalization have failed in the past and will not succeed in the future.
The Kashmiris’ resolve to resist illegal Indian occupation and to secure their inalienable right to self-determination as enshrined in the relevant United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions continues to grow stronger, the Foreign Office said.
It said that it is the responsibility of the world community to urgently act and protect the Kashmiris from the wanton killings and other brutalities being inflicted on them by the Indian occupation forces.
“Pakistan will continue to call for holding India accountable for its crimes against the Kashmiri people,” it said.
