NewsSeptember 10 , 2019
Time to act now on Kashmir, PM urges world community
* Imran Khan calls upon UN to set up independent commission to probe rights violations in Kashmir
* FM arrives in Geneva to highlight Kashmir crisis at UN Human Rights Council
* Lodhi warns situation can snowball into a much bigger crisisPrime Minister Imran Khan on Monday welcomed the growing concerns and demands by the international community, global leaders, UN secretary general and the United Nations high commissioner for human rights (UNHCHR) calling India to lift its six-week-long siege of Indian-held Kashmir (IHK).
The prime minister, in a series of tweets, said the international community must not remain indifferent to the massive human rights abuses by the Indian forces under cover of brutal siege. The prime minister also welcomed a statement of the United Nations high commissioner for human rights (UNHCHR) over the bleak situation in the occupied valley.
The prime minister urged the UN Human Rights Council to immediately set up an independent investigation commission to probe human rights violations in Kashmir as recommended by the UNHCHR’s reports on Kashmir. “It is the time to act now,” he stressed.
“I especially welcome the statement by the UNHCHR in Geneva. I call upon the UN Human Rights Council to immediately set up the indep (independent) Investigation commission to probe human rights abuses in IOJ&K as recommended by the UNHCHR’s two reports on Kashmir. The time to act is now,” the prime minister tweeted. He also tagged certain important points from the UNHCHR’s statement in Geneva.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk
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