India rejects Pakistan, OIC remarks on Jammu and Kashmir at UNHRC

New Delhi: India strongly rejected Pakistan’s allegations and references to Jammu and Kashmir made by Pakistan and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the United Nations, asserting that Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India.”

Speaking at the 62nd Session of UNHRC, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, Anupama Singh, accused Pakistan of using propaganda to deflect attention from its domestic challenges and continued support for terrorism. She added that the only unresolved issue is Pakistan’s illegal occupation of Indian territories and their return.

She further alleged that Pakistan is attempting to divert attention from developments in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), where protests and unrest have intensified in recent weeks. The ongoing tragedy in Rawalakot, the killing of hundreds of civilians, and the brutal crackdown across Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir are the outcome of a system built on forcible occupation and sustained through repression.

Decades of military land grabs, demographic engineering and the denial of basic freedoms have brought matters to a point where even basic demands for bread, electricity, rights and dignity are met with bullets and brutality.

India maintained that Pakistan’s claims on Jammu and Kashmir cannot alter the reality on the ground and called attention to what it described as continued repression in Pakistan-occupied territories. (Agencies)