Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that India has come under 'tremendous' psychological pressure due to the Thursday's hearing of Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US Congress which expressed serious concern over the situation in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Commenting on the hearing of Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US Congress, Qureshi said that the panel has urged the US Congress to pass a resolution to ask Indian government to lift the inhuman lockdown of eight million Kashmiri people.
He said that the panel has also asked the State Department to approach the Indian government and ask it to abide by the human rights laws and remove the lockdown. The foreign minister said that the panel also noted with concern that two million people in Assam were declared stateless and violent attitude is being promoted while the India continues to disregard the UN resolutions.
Qureshi said that the under-pressure BJP government in India is planning a misadventure and it can carry out any false flag operation against Pakistan to divert the attention of international community from the grave human rights situation in the Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that Pakistan, its parliament, the Prime Minister and Foreign Office have become the voice of Kashmiris, adding that Pakistan will continue to extend every possible support to the people of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Meanwhile, speaking at a seminar titled "Kashmir Dispute: Violation of International Laws by India," Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said that Kashmir is not an event but a continuous struggle.
He said that Pakistan will continue to standby the Kashmiri people in their struggle for their just right to self-determination promised with them by the United Nations Security Council through various resolutions.
"With the August 5, 2019 illegal and unilateral actions, India has boxed itself in and now it is unable how to come out of the situation," Dr Faisal said. He also empathetically stated that there is no change in Pakistan's Kashmir Policy.
Referring to the Indian Supreme Court's decision in Babri Masjid case, he said that Pakistan noted the verdict with deep concern, adding that the decision has, once again, failed to uphold the demands of justice.
He said that the decision has shredded the veneer of so-called secularism of India by making clear that minorities in India are no longer safe; they have to fear for their beliefs and for their places of worship.
He said that a process of rewriting history is underway in India in order to recast it in the image of a 'Hindu Rashtra' in pursuance of the Hindutva ideology. "It is also fast affecting India's major institutions. The rising tide of extremist ideology in India based on the belief of Hindu supremacy and exclusion is a threat to regional peace and stability," he said.
He said that the Indian government should ensure the protection of Muslims, their lives, rights and properties and avoid being yet again a silent spectator of Muslims becoming the victims of Hindu extremists and zealots.
Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur while speaking on the occasion said that Pakistan has effectively highlighted the issue of Kashmir at all international forums.
He said the issue of Kashmir is moving towards its resolution now. He assured the government's commitment to go to any extent to help realise the dreams of Kashmiris of getting freedom from Indian yolk.
He said the government, nation and armed forces of Pakistan fully stand by their Kashmiri brethren. He said that Kashmiris have been fighting their just cause of right to self-determination for the last 72 years and India despite its barbaric campaign against the innocent population of Kashmir could not subdue their voice of freedom.
Mishal Hussain Malick, the wife of Kashmir leader Yasin Malick, also spoke on the occasion and informed the audience about the latest situation in the Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
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