ISLAMABAD: On the occasion of International Women’s Day Pakistan’s foreign office spokesperson, Aisha Farooqui took to Twitter giving tribute to the perseverance of Kashmiri women in the face of grisly violence at the hands of Indian forces.
Aisha Farooqui on Sunday in a tweet wrote: “We pay special tribute to all the Kashmiri women who have suffered Indian atrocities Since 1989: 22,911 women widowed 11,179 women molested and raped 2377 women killed Women leaders Asiya Andrabi, Nahida Nasreen, Fahmida Sofi & many others remain incarcerated #Kashmiriwomen”.
We pay special tribute to all the Kashmiri women who have suffered Indian atrocities
Since 1989:
22,911 women widowed
11,179 women molested and raped
2377 women killed
Women leaders Asiya Andrabi, Nahida Nasreen, Fahmida Sofi & many others remain incarcerated #Kashmiriwomen— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) March 8, 2020
Research Section of Kashmir Media Service had issued a report that revealed at more than 670 women have been killed by Indian forces since January 2001.
The report further stated that 22,911 women were widowed while 11,178 raped by Indian troops’ personnel since January 1989.
It said the Indian government is pursuing oppression against Kashmiri women as a plan in an attempt to press the on-going freedom movement against its illegal occupation in occupied Kashmir.
The report said it is the duty of the international community to come to the rescue of the Kashmiris and play its role in bringing human rights violations to an end in occupied Kashmir.
