Pakistan condemns extra-judicial killing of another four Kashmiris

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Tuesday strongly condemned the extra-judicial killing of another four Kashmiris by the Indian occupation forces in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

At least 25 Kashmiris have been martyred in fake encounters and so-called “cordon and search operations” by Indian occupation forces since October 1, 2021, the Foreign Office said in a statement.

Extra-judicial killings, illegal detentions, daily harassments, and restrictions on fundamental freedoms, continue to be the norm in IIOJK.

“India must understand that no amount of systematic brutalities, rampant use of force and brutal clamp-downs can suppress the indigenous Kashmiri struggle. Kashmiris remain resolute in their just cause in the face of repulsive Indian state-terrorism,” the FO stressed.

According to the Kashmir Media Service, the Indian troops martyred a cement trader Altaf Ahmad Butt, a property dealer, a tea stall owner and a dental surgeon identified as Mudassar during a cordon and search operation in Hyderpora area of Srinagar on Monday evening.

The killings triggered a protest in Burzalla area of the city and the protesters demanded bodies of the victims. They said that Indian troops are killing innocent Kashmiris under a recently carved policy by Indian Home Minister Amit Shah during his recent visit to the occupied territory. As per this policy, the troops have been asked to target innocent civilians for any attacks on Indian forces in the territory.

Pakistan has shared with the international community a comprehensive dossier containing irrefutable evidence of Indian human rights violations and war crimes in the IIOJK.

“Pakistan calls on the international community to hold India accountable for its gross and systematic violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the IIOJK,” the statement reiterated.

“The Indian government must allow international human rights and humanitarian organisations and UN Special Mandate Holders unhindered access to IIOJK to conduct independent investigations and allow the people of the occupied territory to exercise their right of self-determination as enshrined in the UN Security Council resolutions,” it said.