FM Qureshi calls OIC chief to update on aggravating IOJ and K situation.

ISLAMABAD -- Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Saturday held a telephonic conversation with OIC Secretary General, Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, to update him on the aggravating situation in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ and K) including Indian move to alter the territory's demography.

In his conversation, the foreign minister conveyed Pakistan's deep concerns on the deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in IOJ and K, and India's moves to alter the demographic structure of the occupied territory.

He highlighted the recent domicile law in IOJ and K, stressing that it was in clear violation of relevant UN and OIC resolutions and international law, including the 4th Geneva Convention.

The foreign minister deplored that in the garb of COVID-19 crisis, India was imposing even more stringent lockdown in the occupied territory and enhanced repression of the Kashmiri population through fake encounters, extrajudicial killings and other repressive measures.

He stated that occupation forces were inflicting 'collective punishment' to entire communities through actions such as torching houses of local residents or razing them to the ground.

The secretary-general was informed that in order to divert the world's attention from its unacceptable actions in IOJ and K, India might resort to 'false flag' operation and undertake some other misadventure which could imperil regional peace and security.

Foreign Minister Qureshi appreciated the OIC's consistent support on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. He welcomed the statements issued by the OIC and its human rights body, IPHRC, rejecting the new domicile law and India's other illegal actions in IOJ...