President House to invite members of AJK Legislative Assembly to discuss Indian atrocities in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD, President Dr. Arif Alvi on Thursday said members of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and other political representatives of the State would be invited to discuss the atrocities being committed by the Indian government against the innocent Muslims of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

Talking to Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan here at Aiwan-e-Sadr, he said the President House would extend the invitation in coordination and consultation with the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan.

The President condemned the unlawful and politically motivated conviction and life imprisonment of Hurriyat Leader Yasin Malik by the Special Court of the National Investigation Agency in India.

He called upon the international human rights organizations and the United Nations to take serious note of the human rights violations being committed by the Indian Security Forces against Muslims of the IIOJK and other minorities in India.

The AJK prime minister requested the President for the provision of appropriate budgetary allocations for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir government to ensure its development and progress besides catering to the increasing needs of Kashmiri refugees. Meanwhile, In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops in their continued acts of state terrorism martyred 32 Kashmiris during the last month in the Held Valley.

According to Kashmir Media Service, at least 26 people were injured due to the use of brute force including teargas shelling by the troops in the territory.

Indian police and paramilitary personnel arrested 92 people, mostly youth, and destroyed 3 residential houses during 180 cordon and search operations in different areas of the territory, during the period.

Meanwhile, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference spokesman has strongly condemned the surge in Indian state terrorism in IIOJK.

In a statement issued in Srinagar, he appealed to the international community to take cognizance of the grave human rights situation in the occupied territory and play a role in the resolution of the Kashmir dispute to save the Kashmiris from the Indian wrath.

National Conference President, Farooq Abdullah has said that the killing of a woman teacher in Kulgam district has put a question mark over the claims of peace and safety of people in IIOJK by the Indian government.

Talking to media persons in Udhampur, he said, the Kashmiris including Pandits and Muslims are being killed, but the Indian authorities are still reluctant to accept the fact and are claiming high and tall that the peace has been achieved.