Fragmented IOK bleeding.

Byline: Senator Rehman Malik

27th October was observed as a 'Black Day' in the history of Pakistan and Indian-held Kashmir as a protest against the illegitimate occupation of the Kashmir as this day in 1947, India had forcibly taken over Kashmir turning the valley into the largest jail of the world. Since October 27th, 1947 Indian troops are committing unprecedented brutalities in terms of mass murdering, mass blinding through pelleting, rapes, tortures, enforced disappearances, political repression and suppression of freedom of speech. The valley has witnessed all kind of brutalities since day one yet the international community and so-called champions of human rights are sleeping and even the United Nations couldn't implement its Security Council Resolutions on Kashmir and silently witnessing the worst kind of human rights violations in Kashmir turning a blind eye. We all know that the day was observed and passed with speeches and some mini long marches by some activists.

This day, we protest about the brutalities and other sufferings of Kashmiri brothers and sisters and also remember and pay tribute to the heroes and martyrs of Kashmir who sacrificed their lives while struggling against Indian brutalities. We kept on talking and our verbal support continued which could not stop to fracture IOK as PM Modi managed to divide it into three administrative units while UN also could not give any relief to the Kashmiris.

Our Prime Minister stood on the dice and addressed the 74th session of the UN General Assembly but no one ever thought to move a resolution to seek a fixed date for plebiscite in Kashmir which is the legal right of Kashmiris under Resolutions already passed by UNSC.

Hence we now need to opt to adopt aggressive diplomatic policy and use international community and media but it seems Ministry of Foreign Affair (MOFA) is perhaps not considering it seriously.

It is even more painful that India is managing the suppression of Kashmiri voice by diverting the attention towards the Line of Control (LoC) from the actual problem of Kashmir. It was great that foreign diplomats were taken to witness the targets and the damage caused by Indian shelling at LoC. Earlier Indian troops were killing innocent people in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) and now they have started shelling on the civilian population of AJK killing innocent people and damaging their houses.

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