ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today (Monday) has strongly condemned the unabated extrajudicial killings of Kashmiri youth in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K).
In a press release issued by the Foreign Ministry, FO Spokesperson described the extra-judicial killings of Kashmiri youth as, “Acts of state-terrorism perpetrated by Indian occupation forces.”
The Spokesperson said, “The Indian occupation forces have martyred 9 more Kashmiri youth during the last 24 hours in “fake” encounters and so-called “cordon-and-search” operations in Shopian area of IOJ&K.”
“Several houses in the area were also destroyed and pellet guns and tear gas used against innocent Kashmiri men, women, and children who took to the streets to protest against the Indian brutalities,” the statement added.
The statement further said, “Infliction of such collective punishment to the community is tantamount to crimes against humanity.”
The statement also said, “While the world community is grappling with COVID-19 pandemic, India remains busy intensifying its brutalization of the Kashmiri people.”
“Extra-judicial killings of Kashmiri youth in fake encounters and cordon-and-search operations by the Indian occupation forces are being perpetrated with complete impunity, under the cover of draconian laws,” it added.
FO Spokesperson said, “In further inhuman practices, the occupation forces neither reveal the identities of the martyrs nor hand over their mortal remains to the families for burial,” adding, “The Hindutva agenda of the RSS-BJP combine is targeting defenceless Kashmiris with mindless violence to break their will.”
“It is the responsibility of the world community to urgently act and protect the Kashmiris from the wanton killings and other brutalities being inflicted on them by the Indian occupation forces. Pakistan will continue to call for holding India accountable for its crimes against the Kashmiri people,” the statement concluded.
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