“Kashmiri youth are being killed mercilessly by occupation forces in IHK: AJK PM”
Islamabad: (Parliament Times) The Foreign Minister of Pakistan Khawaja Muhammad Asif while reiterating his country’s unwavering support Kashmiris’ just cause has said that Pakistan will continue its all out political, moral and diplomatic support to Kashmiris in their struggle for right to self-determination.
The foreign minister made these remarks during a meeting with AJK PM Raja Farooq Haider Khan here on Tuesday. Khwaja Asif on the occasion appreciated the resilience of the brave citizens living along the Line of Control in Azad Jammu and Kashmir against India’s naked aggression.
While briefing the federal minister about the prevailing political and human rights situation in Indian held territory of Kashmir the Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider said that on one hand Indian occupation forces were killing innocent Kashmiri youth while on the other India was deliberately targeting civilian population across the line of control.
Denouncing the ruthless killing of innocent youth by Indian forces in South Kashmir’s Shopian district he said that Indian forces are targeting and killing the youth mercilessly. The AJK Prime Minister informed the Minister for Foreign Affairs that the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir were resolute in their desire to join Pakistan and will not hesitate from any sacrifice in facing Indian aggression.
Raja Farooq Haider appreciated the Foreign Minister for advocating the national interests with courage and dignity during his recent foreign tours. He said that people of occupied Kashmir were rendering supreme sacrifices for their great mission of liberating the state from Indian occupation. “Kashmiris are targeted by state terrorism for seeking their inalienable right to self-determination’’, he added.
The AJ&K Premier said that the occupation forces in the Indian held Kashmir were pushing youth towards militancy and armed resistance by threatening them with punitive military measures. “The movement of the people of Kashmir is indigenous and peaceful. India is denying Kashmiri youth and Kashmiri freedom leaders the political space they need by choking off all channels of communication”, he said
The AJK PM invited the Foreign Minister to visit LoC and meet the citizens who were being targeted on daily basis by Indian firing.