Aug 5 steps violation of UN resolutions, int’l laws: Dar

Ishaq Dar, the foreign minister and deputy prime minister, stated on Monday that India’s illegal and unilateral actions on August 5, 2019, were a flagrant breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention, international law, and resolutions of the UN Security Council.Speaking to participants in a walk held in conjunction with Yaum-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir to commemorate the fifth anniversary of India rescinding Articles 370 and 35 A in 2019 to remove the disputed territory’s special status, the deputy prime minister described as foolish the Indian strategy of usurping the rights of the Kashmiri people through such constitutional amendments.He claimed that the people of Pakistan and Kashmir were inextricably linked by history, geography, and religion and had a centuries-old relationship.