He had also said that if India had any respect of worldwide law, India would end its occupation and let Kashmiris decide their own fate.
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India is also backing Baloch activists to hold a demonstration outside the United Nations headquarters during the prime minister’s speech.
In a right to reply at UNHRC in Geneva, Pakistan questions India’s unabated atrocities on defenceless Kashmiris. The US, however, appears to have decided not to take sides.
The Kashmir issue has nearly always been a part of the statements by the Pakistani side at the UNGA meetings, but officials privy to the preparations being made for this year’s session said the dispute would find special mention in Sharif’s speech next week.
Geo also reported that the Indian officials began talks with Bugti earlier this year and much before PM Narendra Modi began to highlight Pakistan’s human rights abuses in Balochistan province.
Pakistan’s effort to raise the issue of human rights violations in the occupied valley is met with India’s claims that Pakistan’s army is committing atrocities in Balochistan where there is now an insurgency.
HM is one of several groups that for decades have been fighting around half a million Indian troops deployed in the region, calling for independence for Kashmir or a merger with Pakistan. “It is there (Pakistan) anger that why we welcomed India’s remarks and thanked them”, he said.
“The sudden Indian focus on Balochistan is consistent with their playbook of seeking to distract attention from their repression in India-occupied Kashmir”, the FO quoted Janjua as saying.
Almost 90 Apeople have died in clashes with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir in the aftermath of the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani.
Indian government troops in IHK have reportedly fired live ammunition, and used pellet guns and tear gas to control anti-government protesters.
To convince the world community and make them listen to your grievances, you need proper lobbying and homework which Pakistan is clearly lacking at the moment.
India in response to Pakistan’s charges said, “Pakistan has alleged human rights violations in India”. Pakistan maintains the issue can only be resolved through dialogue and implementation of United Nations resolutions on Kashmir.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif recently nominated 22 parliamentarians as special envoys to highlight Indian brutalities in occupied Kashmir. More than 100 people have gone missing since the incident.
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The Indian home minister held a high-level security meeting in New Delhi after saying he was cancelling his planned trips to Russian Federation and the United States in the wake of the attack.
