Maleeha briefs UNGA president about horrified situation in IoK

NEW YORK (92 News) – Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi briefed UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa about the horrified situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK). Maleeha Lodhi met Maria Fernanda Espinosa and briefed her on India’s ongoing atrocities in occupied Kashmir. In a tweet on Tuesday, she said the United Nations should live up to its obligations on IoK where the continuing curfew & lockdown is exacerbating the suffering of the Kashmiri people. “Met Maria Fernanda Espinosa , President of UN General Assembly & briefed her in detail about the grave situation in occupied Kashmir where the continuing curfew & lockdown is exacerbating the suffering of the Kashmiri people.UN should live up to its obligations on IOK,” she tweeted.

Met Maria Fernanda Espinosa , President of UN General Assembly & briefed her in detail about the grave situation in occupied Kashmir where the continuing curfew & lockdown is exacerbating the suffering of the Kashmiri people.UN should live up to its obligations on IOK pic.twitter.com/dF6IZVJJh5

— Maleeha Lodhi (@LodhiMaleeha) August 27, 2019

Curfew, lockdown continued across the Kashmir valley and five districts in Jammu region on the 23rd consecutive day, on Tuesday in Indian Occupied Kashmir. People are facing acute shortage of life-saving medicines, essential commodities including baby food as hundreds of thousands of people are besieged while Jammu and Kashmir has become a big jail for its inhabitants. All internet and communication services and TV channels are closed in the Kashmir valley and Doda, Kishtwar, Poonch, Ramban and Rajouri areas of Jammu region since 5th of August when BJP government scrapped the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Local newspapers could not update their online editions while majority of them could also not be printed due to restrictions. Over 10,000 political leaders and workers including top Hurriyat leadership have been detained. The jails and police stations have run out of space and many detainees have been lodged in makeshift detention centres and in jails outside the territory. Doctors have confirmed that hundreds of patients have been affected by the unrelenting clampdown and communication blackout in the Kashmir Valley.