ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister, Imran Khan strongly condemned the killings of innocent civilians by Indian security forces in occupied Kashmir’s Pulwama area, reiterating that the Kashmiris should be given the right to self-determination.
The premier took to Twitter on Sunday and expressed that the issue would be highlighted in the United Nations Security Council as well.
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“Only dialogue and not violence & killings will resolve this conflict,” the premier said in a tweet.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Kashmiris should be allowed to decide their future.
The prime minister’s statement came a day after at least seven civilians were killed and over three dozen were left injured as Indian forces opened fire at protesters in the restive region; residents had accused troops of directly spraying gunfire into the crowds.
Earlier in the day, Minister for Human Rights, Shireen Mazari emphasized that Pakistan should move beyond declaratory statements for resolution of the long-standing conflict.
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Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi called on global human rights organisations to take notice of the atrocities by Indian forces in the verdant valley, saying he was hopeful that the groups would raise their voice against the oppression.
At a press conference alongside Dr Mohammad Faisal, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qureshi said the surge in oppressive tactics by the Indian occupation forces in the IoK clearly manifested ‘a state-sponsored terrorism’ unleashed against the Kashmiris.
“It appears now the Indian forces are on the killing spree,” he said, adding they were not out to quell protestors and crowds by resorting to aerial firing but yesterday’s events showed their ‘aim to kill’.
Qureshi expressed his optimism that the world was not so oblivious and senseless to such callous treatment of the Kashmiris in the IoK and urged upon the human rights watchdogs to ‘at least distinguish between an issue and the ruthless killing spree’.
