At UNHRC, Pakistan Demands International Investigation Into Kashmir Situation

India has sent a team of senior officials, including envoy Ajay Bisaria, who was expelled by Pakistan, to frame the government’s response during the UNHRC deliberations on the Kashmir issue. Pakistan Tuesday raked up the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, asking it not to remain “indifferent” to the situation and demanded an international investigation by the rights body into the situation in Kashmir Valley.

“Today, I have knocked on the doors of the Human Rights Council, the repository of the world’s conscience on human rights, to seek justice and respect for the people of Kashmir,” Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said while addressing the 42nd session of UNHRC. Qureshi asked the Council to urge India to immediately stop the use of pellet guns, lift the curfew, reverse the clampdown and communications blackout, restore fundamental freedoms and liberties, release political prisoners and fulfill obligations under the UN Security Council Resolutions and various human rights instruments, as required by international law.

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