The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has urged the United Nations and the international human rights organizations to take notice of the continued atrocities and military siege by Indian troops and police personnel in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Kashmir media service, paying tributes to the youth recently martyred by Indian troops in Pulwama, Kupwara and Poonch areas said that the Modi Hindutva regime, under a planned conspiracy, was killing and arresting Kashmiri youth to silence their voice for right to self-determination.
Meanwhile, the Hurriyat-AJK leaders including Qazi Imran, Imtiyaz Ahmed Butt, and Khalid Shabbir in their joint statement paid rich tributes to martyr Muhammad Hussain Butt, Seleema Butt, Sakeena Butt and Shabeena Butt on their martyrdom anniversary. They were martyred by the dreaded Indian army sponsored Village Defence Committees personnel in July 25, 1998 in Doda district.
They said that the commitment of Kashmiri people for freedom had frustrated India which had adopted a brutal policy to prevent the people of Kashmir from their just struggle for right to self-determination.
They said that the killing of innocent youth by Indian troops and their sponsored terror groups had proved that the occupied territory had been converted into a slaughterhouse where Kashmiris were being ruthlessly killed. They said, the day is not far when the sacrifices of the people of Kashmir will bring fruit and they would get rid of Indian subjugation.
Pakistan has urged the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), the UN body that supports peace efforts in conflict-affected countries, to expand its coverage to include Afghanistan and Jammu and Kashmir.
“Peacebuilding is a growth industry,” Ambassador Munir Akram told the UN General Assembly which debated the annual report on the 31-member Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund.
The Pakistani envoy, recognizing the increasing demands of the Peacebuilding Commission, said its financial resources are only half of what is required.
“Yet we must acknowledge that the PBC’s coverage is not universal,” he said.
“Significant situations such as in Afghanistan and in Jammu and Kashmir are not among those addressed by the Peacebuilding Commission,” Ambassador Akram added.
The Commission, he said, must remain responsive to national priorities and enhance national ownership and regional cooperation, while spotlighting its advisory role.
While the Commission advice must be substantive, it should receive bottom-up information and analysis from the Government, the resident coordinator and other stakeholders on country-specific situations.—KMS
