President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and other leaders renewed their call for the implementation of United Nations resolutions on Kashmir as the Right to Self-Determination Day being observed today (Monday).
The day commemorates January 5, 1949, when the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted a resolution affirming the right of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to decide their future through a UN-supervised plebiscite.In separate messages, they reaffirmed Pakistan’s moral, political and diplomatic support for the Kashmiri people, urged the international community to press India to reverse its actions of August 5, 2019, and called for a UN-mandated plebiscite to determine the region’s future.
In his message, President Asif Zardari said: “Equally important is the need for credible steps to address ongoing human rights violations and to protect civilians.”
He said Pakistan will continue to extend its consistent moral, political and diplomatic support to the people of IIOJK, The News reported.
“We stand with them in their just and peaceful struggle for dignity, justice and a future of their own choosing,” he said.
The president said the situation on the ground in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) remained deeply troubling.
“Widespread restrictions on political activity and freedom of speech, prolonged detentions and the use of coercive laws have created an atmosphere of fear and impunity. Civilians continue to bear the brunt of violence, while families are displaced and livelihoods disrupted,” he said.
