Oct 02 , 2015
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Pakistan asks India to pullout its troops from Kashmir
Bilal says 100,000 Kashmiris killed, thousands of women raped most egregious form of state terrorism by India
APP
NEW YORK – Pakistan hit back strongly at India on Thursday – after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called Jammu Kashmir an ‘Indian State’ and went on to accuse Islamabad of abetting terrorism.
“India's attempts to deny its illegal occupation of Indian-held Jammu Kashmir are a travesty of history,” Pakistani delegate Bilal Ahmad told the UN General Assembly, while speaking in right of reply. “To perpetuate its occupation,” he said.
“India has deployed over seven hundred thousand security forces in Jammu Kashmir. Only the occupier would oppose the implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions that promised self-determination to the people of the disputed State of Jammu Kashmir,” he added.
Bilal Ahmad – a counselor at the Pakistan Mission to the United Nations – said that over 100,000 Kashmiris have been killed, thousands of women widowed and raped, and children orphaned by this brutal occupation and the most egregious form of state terrorism by India, while pointing out that independent human rights organisations have confirmed the existence of over 6000 unnamed mass graves in Indian-held Kashmir.
The Pakistani delegate called on India should withdraw its troops and let the Kashmiris decide their own fate in line with relevant Security Council resolutions. He said that the issue could not be cast aside by empty perpetuate; it would always be on top of the list of any discussions between India and Pakistan.
Bilal said that it was therefore disingenuous for India to ignore the issue; while proclaiming its willingness to talk, it had imposed preconditions it knew would never be acceptable to Pakistan. While proclaiming its willingness to talk, he said that India has imposed pre-conditions, knowing that these would be unacceptable to Pakistan.
“India's insistence on limiting the talks to a one point agenda proves that it is neither interested nor serious in engaging in a genuine dialogue,” Bilal Ahmed told the 193-meber Assembly. Using the terrorism bogey, India had not only stalled the bilateral dialogue but also vitiated the overall atmosphere between the two countries.
The Pakistani delegate pointed out that Pakistan's commitment and its role and sacrifice in the fight against terrorism – including the success of our ongoing counter-terrorism operations, have been acknowledged and praised by the entire international community. He added that the entire world was also united in unequivocally condemning terrorism, except India.
“This country is insensitive to the tragic human dimension of terrorism. India seems to suggest that acts of terrorism in Pakistan are acceptable. By doing so, India in fact seeks to mask its own support and sponsorship of terrorism in Pakistan,” he said. He accused India of failing to bring to justice perpetrators of terrorism against civilians in the 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings.
Bilal also said that Pakistan had handed over dossiers to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon containing evidence of Indian involvement in terrorism in Pakistan and links of its security agencies with the Taliban in Federally Administered Tribal Areas. “The dossiers include details of Indian interference and support for terrorism in Balochistan and Karachi as well as its security and intelligence agencies link with the Taliban especially in FATA,” he said.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk