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Pakistan asks UNSC to act by demanding India to lift curfew in IoK

Pakistan asks UNSC to act by demanding India to lift curfew in IoK
September 13, 2019
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Pakistan has urged United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to must act by demanding India to lift the curfew and end the communication blackout in Occupied Kashmir (IoK). Speaking in UN General Assembly in the debate on the report of the UNSC, Pakistani Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi pointed out that when the Security Council fails to implement its own resolutions, the price is paid, in blood, by generations of innocent people. “This travesty must end,” she added.   “I told UNGA that the Security Council must act, by demanding that India lift the curfew, end the communication blackout, allow people to exercise all their rights; release all those detained; halt human rights violations, including use of force against unarmed demonstrators,” Maleeha said. “I said in UN General Assembly that after the illegal Indian annexation of occupied Jammu and Kashmir the grim reality of occupation has become ever starker for the Kashmiris. In its second month, the darkness of the curfew & blackout imposed on the ppl shows no sign of ending,” Pakistani ambassador elaborated. “I said while some resolutions are implemented, others are ignored. The Kashmir dispute not only represents a brutal occupation but is also a reminder of UNSC promise to Kashmiris of their right to self determination,” Maleeha explained.