Jammu And Kashmir’s Move Creating Problems For Terrorism Sponsorship By Pakistan

India targets Pakistan during the ongoing 42nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council for frequently misusing international forums to trade its narrative over the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.

India said that its recent announcement to eliminate “special status” of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution is creating troubles in continuous sponsorship of cross-border terrorism by Pakistan. 

The First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India at UNHRC, Kumam Mini Devi said that “none of Pakistan’s attempts to misrepresent our decision under different agendas can hide its territorial ambitions over Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan’s frantic reactions could be well understood as our decision is creating obstacles in Pakistan’s continuous sponsorship of cross border terrorism against India.”

Asserting that the decision of India regarding Jammu and Kashmir is an “internal matter”, Kumam Mini Devi continued, “We deplore repeated misuse of the Council by Pakistan with fabricated narratives against India. Our decision in Jammu and Kashmir is within our sovereign right and is an internal matter of India.”

Indian Officials have made the comments at the UNHRC while exercising the country’s right to respond to the statement made by Pakistan.

On August 5, the Indian Government has announced the choice to scrap “special status” to J&K under Article4 370. Since then, Pakistan is discussing the matter ay every international platform.

The diplomat noted that the “cases of enforced disappearances, murders, detentions, custodial deaths and torture of civil rights activists, representatives of local political parties and journalists are common and standard practice adopted to silence voices against the Government and deep state in Gilgit-Baltistan” and other territories under the control of Pakistan.

“While talking about acts of reprisals, let me turn to Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir and territories under its control. Rampant media censorship blocks channels of expression of popular resentment and ensures that the correct ground realities are never reported. The police brutality including aerial firing in Gilgit killing and injuring civilian protestors for demanding their basic political, constitutional and civil rights many times this year could not find prominence even in the domestic media of Pakistan,” she added.

The Indian Envoy has accused the Pakistani establishment of keeping key activities and journalists under arrest for expressing legitimate people’s demands of PoK and other “occupied terrorities”.

Kumam Mini Devi said, “Baba Jan, Husnain Karmal, Safdar Ali, Inam Aziz, Sanaullah Khan, Inayat Karim, D.J. Mathal, Ijlal Hussain, Irfan Karim are some to name a few. It’s not surprising that Pakistan has also driven out 10 international NGOs in 2017 and 18 international agencies in 2018 from POJK to prevent exposure to all human rights violations. That’s what we expect from Pakistan.”