UNITED NATIONS: Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory whose final status must be decided by its people through a United Nations-supervised plebiscite, Pakistan declared at the United Nations General Assembly.
Responding to India’s remarks, Pakistan’s First Secretary, Sarfaraz Ahmed Gohar, firmly rejected India’s claims and reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir is not, has never been, and will never be a part of India.
He emphasized that the United Nations and the international community recognize the region’s disputed status, which is clearly reflected in all official UN maps.
Gohar reminded the Assembly that under Article 25 of the UN Charter, India is legally bound to implement UN Security Council resolutions and to allow the Kashmiri people to exercise their right to self-determination.
He noted that UN human rights chiefs, special rapporteurs, civil society organizations, and independent media have repeatedly expressed deep concern over serious human rights violations committed by Indian forces in the occupied territory.
He further stated that in today’s intolerant and extremist India, secularism has been sacrificed to the Hindutva ideology.
According to Gohar, Hindu extremist groups, supported and protected by the government, have been openly calling for the genocide of Muslims. Citing Genocide Watch, he warned that there is a genuine risk of mass atrocities against Muslims in India and Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Concluding his remarks, Gohar urged the President of the General Assembly to remind India of its international obligations and to end its diversionary tactics aimed at deflecting attention from its actions in the occupied region.
