Azad Jammu And Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan Lambasts India For Shopian Massacre

Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan lambasts India for Shopian massacre

Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan strongly condemned the killing of 6 innocent civilians in Shopian by Indian Occupied forces.

Mirpur:(UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 06th Mar, 2018 ) :Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan strongly condemned the killing of 6 innocent civilians in Shopian by Indian Occupied forces.

Speaking on the recent killings taking place in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), the President said, "Six young civilian men were gunned down and now they are being called militants. India has flouted international humanitarian laws applicable in the conflict situations which prohibits the killing of non-combatants.

India has once again committed a heinous war crime." The President made these remarks during his two-day official visit to Italy while addressing various events in the Italian cities of Brescia, Bergamo, and Cremona organized by the Pakistani-Kashmiri community-based in the administrative region of Lombardy , says a message released to the media here Tuesday.

President Masood Khan said India's draconian laws - the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and Public Safety Act - empower occupation forces to commit such war crimes with impunity. India, the President said, must be held accountable by the UN Security Council, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the Human Rights Council.

The President said that India by using unbridled brute force has denied the unarmed innocent Kashmiris their right to self-defense and instead demonized their indigenous freedom struggle as acts of terrorism and labeling the defenseless protestors as terrorists.

Emphasizing the fact, that there was no terrorism in IOK, the President said, "The Kashmiris are the most unarmed populace on the earth and are leading a peaceful unarmed struggle for their right to self-determination which had been guaranteed under the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.

The only terrorism in IOK is the state terrorism under the patronage of Delhi." President Masood Khan said that IOK was the most heavily militarized territory in the world, with over 700,000 actively deployed Indian army personnel.

Indian occupation forces are openly torturing the local population in IOK by murdering peaceful Kashmiris, harassing the Hurriyat leadership, using lethal pellet guns, transforming the demography of Muslim populated areas, illegally incarcerating innocent protestors and dishonoring womenfolk.

During his interaction at the community events, the President complimented the Pakistani-Kashmiri community-based in Italy for their commitment and resolute struggle for the cause of Kashmir; especially commending their efforts in closing their ranks and forging unity.

President Masood Khan also apprised the community members of the initiatives being taken for the economic development of the state and completion of the projects for the welfare of the people. He highlighted that various projects in infrastructure, energy production, health, education, tourism, industry and municipal services were in various stages of implementation and completion.

President Sardar Masood Khan also visited the Provincial Assembly at Cremona and met a delegation of lawmakers led by Rosita Viola and had a separate meeting with Senator Paolo Bodini from the region.

Later, the President was received by the Emilio Del Bono, Mayor of Brescia at his office. In his exchange of views with the Italian lawmakers and other interlocutors, the President said Pakistan and Italy enjoyed excellent relations and work closely on various issues at the United Nations.

The members of the Pakistan-Kashmir community in Italy, he said, were acting as ambassadors between Pakistan and Italy building and strengthening diplomatic and social bridges between the two countries.

The President thanked them for giving the necessary political space to the Kashmiris and Pakistanis living in Italy to peacefully protest the Indian atrocities and human rights violations. He said this speaks highly of the tolerance in the Italian society and their concern for protecting human rights.

The Italian lawmakers expressed their deep concern over human rights violations in the IOK and said that they would like to see an end to the brutal repression. They said the Kashmir dispute must be resolved in a just and lasting manner in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiri people and the UN Security Council resolutions.