Chairman of Parliamentary Special Committee on Kashmir, Shehryar Khan Afridi, has said that the current resistance in Indian illegally occupied Jammu Kashmir (IIOJK) is rooted in the struggle of the people for the exercise of the right of self-determination – the promise which was given to them by the United Nations Security Council in 1948.
According to Kashmir Media Service, he said while the people of IIOJK hold peaceful protests on the streets of Srinagar, Baramulla, Islamabad, Kupwara and elsewhere, Indian army has fired upon these peaceful protestors, killing more than 100,000 innocent civilians, including women and children since 1990.
Shehryar Afridi was addressing a reception given by Washington based World Kashmir Awareness Forum (WKAF) at Sapphire Tyson.
The hall was packed to its capacity.
The Kashmir Committee Chairman articulated that Pakistan has consistently upheld the right of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to self-determination in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council. —KMS
