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Pakistan Foreign Secretary briefs Ambassadors of P-5 over Kashmir issue
Islamabad, July 12 (IBNS): Pakistan's Foreign Secretary briefed Ambassadors of the Permanent Members of the Security Council (China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and USA) over the tense situation in 'Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOK)'.
Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement said that the Secretary expressed 'Pakistan's serious concern over the brutal killings of civilians and violation of their other fundamental human rights by the Indian Security Forces'.
"The Foreign Secretary informed the Ambassadors that due to the excessive use of force against civilians protesting the killing of Burhan Wani, more than 30 innocent people have lost their lives and more than 350 have been injured so far. He emphasized that India should conduct a fair and transparent inquiry against the individuals responsible for these killings," read the statement.
The Foreign Secretary urged the international community and particularly the Permanent Members of the Security Council to take notice of the gravity of the situation in IOK.
It called on India to respect human rights of the people of IOK and implement UN Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir, read the statement.
"The Foreign Secretary rejected Indian attempts to claim that the deteriorating human rights situation in IOK was an internal affair of India and emphasized the disputed nature of Jammu and Kashmir awaiting the implementation of the UNSC resolutions," read the statement.
The Foreign Secretary said that killings of innocent Kashmiri people could not be condoned under the pretext of terrorism. He observed that the just struggle of the Kashmiri people for their right to self-determination cannot be equated with terrorism, read the statement.
"The Foreign Secretary emphasized that such inhumane and oppressive measures cannot deter the valiant people of Jammu and Kashmir from their demand of exercising their right to self-determination in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions," it said.
Curfew continued for the fourth straight day on Tuesday in the Kashmir Valley which has been witnessing violence since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen (Hizb) commander Burhan MuzaffarWani.
The death toll in the violence between protesters and security forces has touched 30.
At least 1400 people have been injured in the clashes so far.
Wani, a 22-year-old commander of Kashmir's largest militant group HM, was killed along with two associates during a brief gun battle with government forces on Friday.
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