WASHINGTON : Pakistan told the United Nations that the ongoing violations of human rights in Indian Occupied Kashmir are a blot on the conscience of humanity, and demand immediate corrective action from the international community.<\/p>\n
Speaking in the Third Committee of the General Assembly on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Pakistan\u2019s Ambassador to the UN Dr Maleeha Lodhi said that India\u2019s consistent denial of the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination was \u201ca telling example\u201d of Indian impunity.<\/p>\n
Ambassador Lodhi said that the latest report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had \u201clifted the veil from decades of obfuscation by India of massive human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir\u201d.<\/p>\n
She said that when the Kashmiri people demand the right of self-determination promised to them by several Security Council resolutions, they are met with oppression and ruthless human rights abuses at the hands of Indian occupying forces.<\/p>\n
The envoy reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s strong support for the OIC resolution on combating intolerance and negative stereotyping in the context of interfaith harmony. Pakistan will continue to support an equitable, just and fair order, both at home and globally, she noted. <\/p>\n
Lodhi added that Pakistan will continue its efforts to choose dialogue over division, harmony over intolerance and right over might.<\/p>\n
She further called for strengthening safeguards against new and contemporary manifestations of discrimination, xenophobia and Islamophobia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON : Pakistan told the United Nations that the ongoing violations of human rights in Indian Occupied Kashmir are a blot on the conscience of humanity, and demand immediate corrective action from the international community. Speaking in the Third Committee of the General Assembly on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Pakistan\u2019s Ambassador to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32967","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n