It also blamed Pakistan for funding terrorists in Kashmir.
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Welcoming Sharif, the Hurriyat leaders said that Indian atrocities in IOK have crossed all limits, killing hundreds of innocent people while seriously wounding thousands in the last few months.
While Pakistan dismissed the remarks by saying it was an attempt to take the focus off Kashmir, the remarks had their desired effect.
India said that Pakistan raising human rights violation in Jammu and Kashmir was “unsolicited and unwarranted” and that it was “factually incorrect and bear no relationship to reality”. Pakistan has already acceded to his request but in tandem with a mission to the Indian side.
The killings forced UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al Hussein to declare that an worldwide probe into Kashmir killings was imperative now.
“This right to self-determination was given to the Kashmiri people by the United Nations itself, which has unfortunately failed, so far, to implement its own resolutions”, he said. “Constructive dialogue and cooperation are the best means for protection of human rights”, it said.
Days after Chaudhry’s invitation, India formally rejected Pakistan’s proposal to hold exclusive talks on the issue of Kashmir and said it will only discuss the issue of terrorism alleged infiltration of militants with Pakistan.
It watched impotently as Kashmir erupted in violence time and again. “Solution of the Kashmir problem in the light of United Nations resolutions and aspirations of Kashmiri people is need of the hour”.
Wani joined the HM group at the age of just 15, and was viewed as a hero by many in Kashmir.
Despite the upswing immediately after Prime Minister Modi took office in 2014, Indo-Pak ties have deteriorated over the a year ago, most significantly in the aftermath of January’s Pathankot terror attack and the ongoing Kashmir violence. This dubious attitude of New Delhi has resulted in death and destruction form Uri to streets of Srinagar. But how long will it take till another young Kashmiri militant comes along? As I wrote above, The current unrest between India’s Hindus and Pakistan’s Muslims continues to spiral towards war, and I see nothing that is likely to stop it.
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“We request Prime Minister Modi to form a committee that could represent the issue of Balochistan in the United Nations and want to thank him and the Indian media for highlighting the issue”, said BRSO spokesperson. He said that the whole region would benefit from the economic corridor that would be built from China to Pakistan.
