Demonstrators hold flags of Pakistan administered Kashmir during an anti-India protest rally in Karachi on August 25, 2019, in solidarity with India-administered Kashmiri. AFP / Rizwan Tabassum
VIRGINIA, US: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr Asad Majeed Khan, has urged the international community to take notice of what he termed were ongoing atrocities in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Addressing an event in the state of Virginia over the weekend, Ambassador Majeed said the BJP-led government in India had “held nine million Kashmiris hostage with its ongoing clampdown in the occupied valley,” and called on the world to break its silence on the grave situation.
The ambassador demanded that the world institutions send analysts and observers to Kashmir and force India to withdraw its decision to end special status of the disputed territory. “India’s actions in occupied Kashmir pose a threat to regional peace and stability and it is not clear how the situation will unfold in the coming days,” he said. Ambassador Majeed pointed out that US President Donald Trump had offered as many as three times to play a role in mediating on the Kashmir crisis.
Indian forces continued their lockdown of Kashmir for the 22nd day on Sunday, after India withdrew Article 370 of its constitution that gave a special status to the disputed territory.
Indian authorities continued to impose strict curfew and other restrictions across the valley.
