ISLAMABAD: The All Parties Hurriyet Conference has said that the current grim situation of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir requires immediate attention from the world.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the APHC leaders Syed Bashir Andrabi, Khawaja Firdous, Muhammad Shaif Lone, Zamruda Habib, Chaudhry Shaheen Iqbal, Ghulam Nabi War, Hakeem Abdul Rasheed, Imtiaz Ahmad Reshi and Muhammad Aaqib in their statements expressed serious concern over the state terrorism unleashed by India in the occupied
territory.
They said that it was unfortunate that the Kashmiri youth were being arrested by the Indian forces personnel without any reason during the so-called cordon and search operations.
The APHC leaders deplored that the weakening of Kashmiris’ demand for political justice by the use of brute force was part of India’s nefarious designs.
They said that the BJP regime was hatching conspiracies to choke every dissenting voice in IIOJK by using draconian laws like the Public Safety Act (PSA) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
The leaders said the Modi regime has trampled all fundamental rights of the Kashmiri people including the right to expression, right to freedom of the press and freedom of political, social, business and religious activities and the world community must not remain indifferent to what is happening in IIOJK.
They said that India should give up its imperialist approach to Kashmir, accept the ground realities in the changing geo-political situation and resolve the Kashmir dispute.
The APHC leaders urged the United Nations to play its role in the settlement of the lingering Kashmir dispute in accordance with its resolutions and Kashmiris’ aspirations for ensuring durable peace in South Asia.
Meanwhile, India’s UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj parried a question on the Kashmir dispute at a special press conference she convened at the UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday to highlight her country’s success in landing its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon.
“This is not the moment for these questions,” she told a Palestinian journalist who asked whether this significant moment would lead to a settlement of the Kashmir issue in a way that the Kashmiri people exercise their right of self-determination.
Kashmir was a part of the journalist’s three questions — the other were on the expansion of BRICKS and on whether India’s success in moon landing would help in its drive to secure a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
Side-steeping the questions, Ambassador Kamboj said, “Today’s the day of celebration, and we are focusing on India’s success and indeed, the success of the whole of humanity.”
“But”, she added, “these questions are very valid, and I will be very happy to answer these questions on a different occasion.”
