According to Qamar Zaman Kaira, the prime minister’s advisor on Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir affairs, India cannot hide the worst human rights situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIoJK) by hosting the G-20 summit there.
During his visit, he spoke exclusively with APP and said, “By holding the G-20 summit in IIoJK, India wants to send a message to the world that all is well in the valley, but it will prove to be a futile exercise on New Delhi’s part. He blasted India for using the summit to further its own hidden agenda, which included duping and misleading the international community. The goal of the Modi government was to lower morale among those living in occupied Kashmir by erecting a smokescreen in front of the outside world.
He emphasized that the unwavering spirit of freedom among the Kashmiri people remained steadfast, and the entire Pakistani nation stood united in solidarity with Kashmiri brethren.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, he said the entire Pakistani nation condemned holding of the summit in G-20.
Kaira said Pakistan’s outreach to friendly countries and member states of G-20 had been bearing fruits as several countries had decided not to participate in the moot.
He categorically stated that Pakistan was against India’s decision to hold G-20 summit in the disputed territory.
The advisor said India had been oppressing Kashmiris through use of force and propaganda, and by denying their fundamental rights.
The main objective was to strip them off their identity and suppress their unwavering determination.
Kashmiris had never succumbed to the Indian subjugation and would never do so, he added.
He said the international community should play proactive role to resolving Kashmir issue as per the resolutions of the United Nations.
The situation in IIoJK would have been different if the international community had played its due role in the past, he added.
Kaira said overseas Pakistanis and Kashmiris would continue to highlight Kashmiris’ plight around the globe to shake the world’s conscience.
