KARACHI: The Foreign Office (FO) of Pakistan has said that India has employed rape and torture of Kashmiri women as instruments of state terrorism in the Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K).
In a statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri that these state-sanctioned heinous crimes have further intensified since India’s illegal and unilateral actions of 5th August 2019.
He pointed out that the incidents of systematic violence and mass rapes in occupied territory have been documented by a number of independent Commissions, human rights organizations, global media and civil society organizations, including the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
“We sadly remember the horrific incident of mass rape of Kashmiri women in Kunan and Poshpora villages of IIOJK on this day in 1991,” he said, adding that the fateful day continues to remain a scar on the collective memory of the international community.
Zahid Hafeez further said that the lack of accountability of perpetrators and absence of justice for victims continue to define India’s deliberate disregard for rule of law and human rights.
The spokesperson has urged the international community to play its role to address the systematic violence against women in IIOJ&K.
