President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday firmly rejected the elections for the Legislative Assembly of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that these polls do not substitute for the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination.
During a meeting with a delegation of IIOJK migrants residing in Pakistan since 1989, led by Uzair Ahmed Ghazali, at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, he emphasised that such elections are unacceptable to the people of Kashmir.
The president called on the international community to hold the Narendra Modi government accountable for ongoing human rights violations in the occupied territory.
He underscored the need for concrete steps toward conducting a plebiscite in accordance with relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions.
He condemned the Legislative Assembly elections in IIOJK, describing them as part of India’s broader strategy to consolidate its illegal occupation of the region. He asserted that these measures could neither legitimise India’s occupation nor suppress the Kashmiri people’s freedom struggle.
