AJK president urges US to help stop rights abuses in IIOJK.

MUZAFFARABAD -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry on Friday urged the United States to play its role in stopping the human rights violations in the Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and resolve the Kashmir issue peacefully in line with the United Nations Security Council resolutions.

The unresolved Kashmir problem was the main cause and consequence of the worsening political and human rights situation in the IIOJK, he added.

He expressed these views while talking to Bradley Parker, Political Counselor of the American Embassy, who called on him here at his office.

The AJK president said the rights situation in the held territory had further exacerbated after...