ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Foreign Office has said that Indian forces in Occupied Kashmir are showing complete disrespect to the Holy month of Ramazan, and martyred more than 25 Kashmiris including children and injured over 200 mostly students using pellet guns.
In his weekly media briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, the Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria said that Jamia Masjid (Mosque) was locked down and Kashmiris were not allowed to offer Jumma Prayers.
The Spokesman said that one of the worst sufferers of the Indian brutalities are the Kashmiri children. They have not only suffered direct injuries with bullets and pellet guns etc but have also been witness to all the gory incidents that have occurred in Kashmir, he said.
Zakaria said that hundreds of children have been blinded – completely or partially – during this past year alone.
Nafees Zakaria said that Pakistan’s offer to get their eyes treated in any country in Europe still holds.
“We have broached this issue with UN HR officials in Geneva,” he said adding that Pakistan has also effectively taken up violations of Kashmiris’ rights and Indian atrocities in Occupied Kashmir at the ongoing 35th session of Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The Spokesman also congratulated Pakistan Cricket team on victory against England in first Semi Final of ICC Champions Trophy 2017 in Cardiff on Wednesday.
“We wish the team success in the final,” Zakaria said.
Zakaria further said that as we speak today, Indian Occupation Forces may be brutally beating up Kashmiris for celebrating Pakistan Cricket Team’s win in the Semi Final as they did after Pakistan won on 12 June at Cardiff. He said that the Indian Occupation Forces broke into shops and looted goods to punish Kashmiris celebrating Pakistan’s victory.
Moreover, Zakaria said that Kashmiri Leaders are being constantly harassed and meted out inhuman treatment. He said that Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with collaboration of media are using every dirty tactic to subvert and malign the indigenous movement of Kashmiris for self-determination.
The Foreign Office Spokesman said that India is engaging in activities to misguide the International Community by portraying Kashmiris’ genuine freedom movement as terrorism. He said that Kashmiris are concerned that India will undertake false flag operation or stage a terrorist event to carry out heavy military action to justify killing of innocent Kashmiris.
Zakaria said that recent statements of Indian Army Chief, who said “I wish instead of throwing stones Kashmiris were firing at us so that I could do what I wanted to” and Vishwa Hindu Parishad Leader Pravin Togadia, who demanded “carpet bombing” indicate such intentions.
Nafees Zakaria said that it is a recorded fact that Indian agencies in collaboration of terrorist organizations such as RSS and Abhinav Bharat have staged terrorist attacks and blamed them on others to use as an excuse to justify use of brute force against innocent people.
In addition, he said that terror unleashed by the Indian Occupation Forces has failed to dampen the spirit of Kashmiris and their yearnings for freedom from the Indian occupation. He said that the people and the government of Pakistan will continue to extend their unflinching moral, political and diplomatic support to them in their struggle.
