President Dr Arif Alvi says the government and whole Pakistani nation stand with their Kashmiri brethren and will continue its diplomatic, moral and political support until the realization of their goal of independence from India.
He was addressing joint session of the parliament at the beginning of the second parliamentary year of the National Assembly under the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government in Islamabad on Thursday.
The president said unilateral actions taken by India in Occupied Kashmir last month have received strong response from government and people alike. He said India has not only contravened the international laws but also destroyed the spirit of the Simla Agreement.
The President said the unilateral and illegal Indian steps were unanimously condemned by joint session of the parliament. He said the government took a number of measures in response including downgrading of diplomatic ties, renewing the bilateral relations, suspending trade and raising the issue at all international forums.
Dr Arif Alvi said it is a great diplomatic victory of Pakistan that this issue was discussed at the UN Security Council despite all Indian attempts to stop it. It reflects that Occupied Kashmir is not India’s internal matter but an unresolved issue between the two countries.
The President warned that this issue could endanger the regional peace and security, if not resolved according to the wishes and aspirations of Kashmiri people. He said all international forums, including the OIC strongly condemned the illegal steps of India in Occupied Kashmir and demanded that all restrictions are lifted and the issue resolved according to the UNSC resolutions. He said the UN Human Rights Council gave a unanimous statement that the issue be resolved according to UN resolutions.
Dr Arif Alvi appreciated the successful visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to the US which led the US President Donald Trump to offer his mediation on Kashmir. He said Occupied Kashmir has become the most militarized zone in the world. India despite its suppressive tactics cannot gag the voice of freedom of Kashmiris. The RSS followers and Indian government are subjecting the Kashmiris to same treatment as the Nazis did in 1930s.
He said 180,000 additional troops deployment is a source of concern. Illegal detainment, rape and use of pellet gun as weapons against the innocent people are trampling the human rights of Kashmiris. He said incumbent Indian government is trying to change the demographic composition of Occupied Kashmir and wants to repeat the genocidal episode of massacre of Muslims in Bosnia.
