Nawaz Sharif picks up Kashmir atrocities with Ban Ki-moon: FO

Some who did not want to be named claimed the toll to be around 60 and others put it at more than 65 so far in the month they called “bloody August”.

Reiterating India’s stand on Pakistan’s involvement in the internal situation in the Valley, Swarup said Islamabad has no locus standi in commenting on that.

Pakistan has once again urged the United Nations to send a fact finding mission to the Indian-held Kashmir to investigate the blatant human rights violations.

While India continues its barbarism in held Kashmir and its heartless forces blatantly and aggressively try to silence the voices raised by the Kashmiri people for autonomy, world conscience vis-a’-vis this grave issue seems to be in deep slumber.

On nomination of 22 parliamentarians by the Prime Minister to highlight Kashmir issue overseas, the Spokesman said it would be an effective and direct political channel in addition to the already in place efforts of diplomatic envoys. “The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor passes through Indian territory which is under the illegal occupation of Pakistan”.

“We can not accept pre-conditions in talks”, he said when his attention was drawn to the statement of Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj saying that India would not engage with Pakistan in talks unless it hands over those involved in Pathankot incident.

“We achieved in three years in the war on terror, what the no one in world could”, he said, noting that Pakistan imposed restrictions on Hafiz Saeed and Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi.

“For us the real issue is that there should not be any differentiation between good terrorist and bad terroist and Kerry had clearly said that”, said Swarup.

The letter called Indian Prime Minister Narendra’s remarks on Balochistan as unwarranted and in complete contravention of the United Nations charter. Days later, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had tasked 22 parliamentarians with raking up Kashmir at the UN.

Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakariya said that Sharif sent the letter to Ban Ki-Moon apprising him of the deteriorating situation in Kashmir.

On Sharif’s decision to send envoys to various countries to highlight the Kashmir issue, he said the message has to be one of stopping support to cross-border terrorism, ending incitement to violence in Jammu and Kashmir and putting an end to interference in India’s internal affairs.