ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has appealed to the international community to immediately intervene with a view to bringing to an end the reign of terror in the occupied Kashmir where during past two weeks the Indian military and paramilitary forces “set new records for atrocities” killing all east 150 Kashmiris and injuring several hundred others.

A Pakistan Foreign Office ‘spokesman on Wednesday said at his weekly news briefing “the Government of Pakistan strongly condemns the atrocities being perpetrated by the Indian forces against the Kashmiris. We urge the international community to immediately intervene with a view to bringing to an end the reign of terror let loose by the Indian forces in Indian held Jammu and Kashmir”.

“The world community must convince the Indian government to rescind its futile attempts to coerce the Kashmiris into submission”, the spokesman said and added that the Kashmiris must be given their right of self-determination as pledged by India and the world community through several resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.

The spokesman said unprecedented rise in oppression of Kashmiris was evidently a premeditated Indian plan to physically annihilate the Kashmiri Mujahideen and their supporters among the people to compel them 1o give up their struggle for self-determination as yet between the Security officials of the two countries. Even photographs of the suspects supplied by India were mere photocopies of the suspects’ passport and no exchange of required information had taken place. Similarly, the task force set up by the Pakistan government had made not angible progress.

‘The spokesman was questioned, about Pakistan policy on alleged “harsh treatment” meted out to Arab by the police in Peshawar and some other parts of the NWFP. The spokesman said it was not Pakistan’s place to be harsh towards Muslim brothers or visiting foreigners.

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Article extracted from this publication >>  May 7, 1993