ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday reiterated its call for India to be held accountable and answerable for its unabated human rights abuses in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) where more than 7,000 Kashmiris had so far died in the custody of Indian forces during the last three decades.
Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, at her weekly press briefing, emphasized the reported death of a Kashmiri civilian at a police station in IIOJK’s Pulwama district.
“This is not the first incident of its nature as over the last three decades the number of custodial deaths in Occupied Kashmir has exceeded 7,000. The committers of these crimes should be held accountable,” she said reaffirming Islamabad’s continuous diplomatic, political, and moral support to Kashmiri people for the just and peaceful settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute as per the UNSC resolutions.
Highlighting Pakistan’s election as a non-permanent member of the UNSC for the term 2025-2026 with the overwhelming support of 182 members of the UNGA, the spokesperson thanked the members, especially Asia Pacific Group for their confidence.
She told the media persons that at the UNSC, Pakistan would play its role in the peaceful resolution of disputes, opposing the resort to unilateral force, combating terrorism in all shapes and manifestations, supporting UN peacekeeping efforts, resolution for regional and global crises, and promoting accountability, democracy, and transparency.
She strongly condemned the horrific bombing of Israeli troops on the UN-run school sheltering Palestinian refugees that led to multiple deaths of mostly children and women.
Condemning the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by hundreds of Israeli extremists, she said it was the responsibility of the occupation forces to respect religious sites. We reiterate our call for an urgent and unconditional truce to the massacre of civilian
