KARACHI: Former Vice President of FPCCI Atif Ikram Sheikh on Sunday lauded the Chinese leadership for declining to participate in the G20 summit to be held next week in India. Chinese Foreign Ministry has said that “China firmly opposes holding meetings in any disputed areas and will not attend such meetings,” which is a big blow to New Delhi, he said. Atif Ikram Sheikh who has also served as President of ICCI and Chairman PVMA said in a statement issued here on Sunday that apart from other plans, India would like to showcase its potential as a tourist destination to the delegates to improve its tourism industry. India also planned to take G20 leaders to Indian Held Kashmir as their endorsement of its act to deprive the Kashmiris of their autonomous status by abrogation of Article 370 of India’s constitution. The Indian government is seeking to normalize its illegal occupation by instrumentalizing a G20 group meeting in Srinagar and portraying it as an international ‘’seal of approval’’, he added. The business leader said that we should highlight massive human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir, including torture, extrajudicial killings, political persecution and suppression of free media. DNA
