Dialogue is the best option to amicably resolve all issues whether minor or vast between India and Pakistan, including the dispute of Kashmir.
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Interestingly, India also upped the ante by stating that the people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are “our own” and that India has a future strategy in place as far as PoK and Balochistan are concerned.
Addressing a joint press stake-out along with Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, he said the OIC would continue exposing the grave human rights violations in the occupied valley till resolution of the issue in accordance with the United Nations Resolutions and wishes of the Kashmiri people.
During an all-party meeting on Kashmir last week Modi said the time has come to expose Islamabad’s brutalities on its own people in the three restive areas where Pakistan’s security forces are accused of carrying out extra-judicial killings in crackdowns on dissidents. In fact there should not be double standards and impunity for any human rights violations whether they occur in Kashmir, Palestine or anywhere else yet it is lamentable that some countries which masquerades as the champions of human rights has chosen to remain silent on some of the world’s worst human right atrocities.
Iyad Ameen Madani was also told about Pakistan’s desire of lasting peace in Afghanistan and the important role of OIC in support of peace efforts in Afghanistan.
Black day is being observed in Azad Jammu and Kashmir against Indian Prime Minister Nerender Modi’s statement regarding Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan, reported on Monday. The Kashmiri desire to be rid of Indian occupation, and the brutal response to that, is the pressing concern – and one the secretary general bypassed. But he is not ready to speak Kashmiris in India. They said the United Nations and OIC should take robust action against India’s inhuman measures just like they did against the Serb army in early 1990s to save the Bosnians from further genocide.
Referring to the Lahore Declaration of February 1999, he had said then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had reiterated Pakistan’s determination to implement the Simla Agreement in letter and spirit.
At least 58 people have died and 2,000 injured in the Valley in a month-long spell of violence sparked by the killing of a militant leader in July.
Karima adds that many of their brothers have either died or are missing because of the Pakistani army.
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“In a letter dated August 16, Foreign Secretary has first of all underlined that Pakistan’s self-serving allegations made in their communication are rejected in their entirety by the government of India”, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said in his weekly media briefing here.
