Pakistan strongly condemns sealing of seminary in IoK

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned the illegal sealing off of an educational institute by Indian forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

The Foreign Office Spokesperson in a statement said that Pakistan strongly condemned the reported shutting down of Darul Uloom Khadijatul-Kubra, an educational institute in the restive occupied region.

“The Indian occupation forces gate-crashed Darul Uloom on Friday, insulted and maltreated the female students and forcefully evicted them before sealing the educational institution,” the statement said.

“This illegal act was a fresh reflection of how the Indian occupation forces were trampling on and making a mockery of the fundamental rights of Kashmiri girls seeking education. It also pointed towards growing Islamophobia, a phenomenon which was on the surge not only in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK) but also in India.”

The spokesperson said denying Muslim girls access to education, may that be in IIOJK or in Karnataka, was a new low under a far-right Hindutva-inspired regime in India “Deafening silence of the BJP leadership and absence of discernible action against ‘Hindutva’ proponents must send alarm bells across the international community about the gross and systematic human rights violations being perpetrated by India,” the statement added.

The spokesperson said Pakistan called on the international community to take cognizance of the BJP-RSS’s agenda to socially and politically disempower Kashmiris in IIOJK, especially Muslim youth.

Pakistan also called upon the international community, including the United Nations and OIC, especially their human rights machinery, to take immediate notice of the worrying level of Islamophobia in India and prevail upon Indian authorities to prevent systematic human rights violations against minorities particularly Muslims in the country, he added.

According to media reports, the BJP government sealed the Darul Uloom Khadijatul Kubra seminary and manhandled the Muslim female students. Indian occupation forces along with notorious National Intelligence Agency (NIA) raided the seminary situated in Gadol area of Kokranak in Islamabad district of the occupied region.

The occupation forces insulted female students and threw them out of their dormitory rooms ahead of Friday prayers. They also poured water in their food so that they could not eat it. The people of the area staged massive protests and demanded action against the officials involved in the incident.