Kathmandu : On 31 October 2018, Embassy of Pakistan, Kathmandu organized a talk programme / interaction on the topic ‘Jammu and Kashmir Dispute and Recent Escalation in Human Right Violations’. The programme was attended by over 250 participants representing a cross section of Nepalese society including intellectuals, think thanks, media persons and civil society.
27 October is observed as Black Day around the world to mark the landing of Indian forces in Jammu and Kashmir on this date in 1947. The Speakers talked at length about the June 2018 report of the UN Office of the High Commission on Human Rights (OHCHR). The report had highlighted the killings, use of pallets guns, rapes and arson by the occupation forces. The report recommended investigation into the incidents of the excessive use of force and prosecution those responsible, through an Impartial Commission of Inquiry.
The speakers emphasized the need for an early resolution of Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the wishes of people of Jammu and Kashmir as per the UN resolutions. The Ambassador Mazhar Javed stressed the need for an early and full implementation of UN (OHCHR) recommendation on establishment of a Independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate and persecute the atrocities of being committed in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
Message by the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Kashmir Black Day
Twenty Seventh October marks a tragic day in the history of South Asia. This is the day India sent in its armed forces to occupy Jammu & Kashmir against the aspirations and fundamental rights of the Kashmiri people as well as against all principles of International Law.
For seven decades, India has occupied Jammu & Kashmir in contravention of UNSC resolutions that ordain the holding of a plebiscite to determine the wishes of the Kashmiri people. It has used coercion, brutal suppression of the rights of the people, economic blandishments and sham electoral processes to crush the will of Kashmiris and legitimize its occupation.
The recent UN Report on Kashmir is an acknowledgement of Indian policies of occupation that include well documented human rights atrocities. The recommendation to set up a UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) to investigate human rights abuses by Indian occupation forces should immediately be implemented. The continued brutal suppression of Kashmiri people and recent surge in killings of young Kashmiris requires urgent action.
The valiant, brave and courageous people of Indian occupied Kashmir deserve the admiration of the world.
Pakistan will not relent in its moral, political and diplomatic support until the Kashmiris realize their legitimate right to self-determination in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions.
