ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan reaffirmed Pakistan’s abiding commitment to the Kashmir cause has said the nation will continue to extend all possible assistance to Kashmiris till the realisation of their inalienable right to self-determination and a just resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.
In his message on Youm-e-Istehsal, the prime minister said India has imposed unprecedented military siege and restrictions on fundamental rights and freedoms but has failed to break the will of the Kashmiri people.
“These actions were followed by unprecedented military siege and restrictions on fundamental rights and freedoms of the Kashmiri people to perpetuate Indian occupation in the occupied territory,” he said, adding that India has failed to break the will of Kashmiri people.
He added Kashmiris face unabated extra-judicial killings, custodial tortures and deaths, arbitrary detentions, burning and looting of houses to inflict collective punishment, and other worst forms of human rights abuses.
He said India’s illegal and unilateral actions of 5 August 2019 and subsequent measures particularly pertaining to domicile rules and the land ownership laws are aimed at changing the demographic structure of IIOJK and converting the Kashmiris into a minority in their own land.
The prime minister said Pakistan has the utmost respect for the people of IIOJK for their unparalleled courage, sacrifices and persistence in facing Indian tyranny as they resolutely struggle for their legitimate right to self-determination.
He said all the unilateral and illegal actions taken by India in IIOJK, from the outset, the measures initiated on and after 5 August 2019, and any additional unilateral changes that India may introduce in the future, are violations of international law.
He said Pakistan calls upon the international community, including the United Nations, human rights organisations, and the global media to hold India accountable for its crimes against the Kashmiri people.
He reaffirmed Pakistan’s abiding commitment to the Kashmir cause and said they will continue to extend all possible assistance to Kashmiris till the realization of their inalienable right to self-determination and a just resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute,.
