Staff Reporter Islamabad
Pakistan has strongly condemned the “continued spree of extra-judicial killings” of innocent Kashmiris by occupation forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
In an official statement on Wednesday, the Foreign Office denounced “staged encounters and fake cordon-and-search operations by Indian occupation forces” in the Himalayan disputed territory.
The communique further said that two Kashmiris were martyred on Wednesday in Pulwama in a so-called cordon-and-search operation.
The Foreign Office highlighted that at least 18 innocent Kashmiris have been martyred with impunity by Indian occupation forces in the last one month.
It noted that while the fundamental freedoms of Kashmiris remain suspended, the occupation forces have further intensified their repression in IIOJK in the past weeks.
“Extra-judicial killings, arbitrary arrests, incarceration of hundreds of common Kashmiris and Hurriyat leaders under the Draconian laws and harassment of Kashmiris at the military check-points or during the night raids continue with impunity,” it maintained.
The statement added that hateful terms such as “hybrid terrorists” and “white-collar terrorists” are used to further demonise them.
“The deteriorating security and human rights situation in the occupied territory is a matter of grave concern for the international community,” the Foreign Office said.
It further stated, “Amidst all this, the visit by Indian ministers to the occupied valley is another Indian ploy to divert attention from the state-sponsored terrorism and to project a false sense of “normalcy” in IIOJK.
