The visit comes at a time when India-Pakistan ties are seeing a chill in the aftermath of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.
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Asking people to remain steadfast, the APHC Chairman paid tributes to Burhan Wani and said, “It was because of his honesty and commitment that Burhan achieved martyrdom and world is witness as how lakhs of people attended his funeral”.
Kashmir has been on the boil since the death of 22-year-old Wani on July 8 in an encounter in southern Kashmir. Jamaat-Ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed has said the statements to the news reporter.
The legal fraternity of Pakistan said on Friday that United Nations and global community’s silence on the brutalities of the Indian security forces against the innocent and unarmed Kashmiris in Indian-held Kashmir was tantamount to criminal negligence.
Kashmir has been divided between rivals India and Pakistan since the two won independence from Britain in 1947.
He said that India had thrust three wars on Pakistan and had been carrying out a genocide of the Kashmiris for the last 70 years but the worldwide forums were blind to that.Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed joined the Azadi march at its starting point.
Kashmiris have alleged atrocities by Indian armed forces during street protests, and the use of pellet guns has been under the scanner.
“It is really painful for people of Kashmir that Pakistan will welcome Indian Home Minister who is scheduled to visit the country on August 3”.
The VOA quoting the Afghan Defence Ministry said this disclosure was made during a meeting between the Afghan and Pakistani military officials in Kabul on Tuesday.
Since then over 50 civilians have been killed and 2,300 wounded in firing by the Indian armed forces while a policeman was also killed during the first week of protests.
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Pakistan will sensitise multinational corporations operating in India about the non-democratic and oppressive policies of the Indian government towards Kashmiris and will be asked to review their business strategies in view of human rights violation by New Delhi.
