AS there is total black out of information on what is happening to Kashmiris in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan stands firm to expose Indian machinations through consistent diplomatic and media efforts. As part of the strategy, a delegation of ambassadors, diplomats, defence attachés and the representatives of various countries and international organizations were taken to Jura Sector along the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday where they were briefed on the latest situation.
It was indeed a welcome initiative of the Director-General, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major-General Babar Iftikhar as the visit afforded an opportunity to the representatives of different countries to have a firsthand knowledge of the ground situation as they spoke to those on the LoC who have been affected by Indian firing and the damage done to civilian property, businesses and infrastructure. They were briefed that Indians committed 2,333 ceasefire violations during this year and also used cluster bombs during intentional targeting of the civilian population. The visit also highlighted the point that Pakistan has nothing to hide as far as the situation on the LoC is concerned whereas despite repeated calls, India has been denying access to the international media, UN observers and humanitarian organizations to hide its false claims and the worst humanitarian situation in occupied Kashmir. Pakistan is also availing the opportunity of raising the Kashmir issue and plight of Kashmiri people at all regional and international forums, exposing India’s brutalities and illegal strategies including plans to change demography of the region on the pattern of what Jewish state is doing in Arab occupied territories in the Middle East. In his virtual address to the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA), Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi pointed out that a brutal military siege and communications blockade since India’s illegal and unilateral actions of last August have destroyed life in India-held Kashmir. We hope that Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts and just struggle of the Kashmiri people would ultimately succeed as the world cannot close its eyes to glaring injustice in Occupied Kashmir.
