Imran approaches UNSG, int'l community over Kashmir domicile issue.

ISLAMABAD -- While reacting to the issuance of as many as 25,000 domiciles by New Delhi to Indian nationals in held Kashmir on Tuesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan termed the action as 'illegal' and said that he has approached United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres over the matter.

In a series of tweets, the prime minister said that he would also reach out to other world leaders to stop India from going further on an 'unacceptable path that further usurps the legal and internationally guaranteed rights of the Kashmiri people'.

He cautioned that such a move would 'seriously imperil peace and security in South Asia'.

'First, India's attempt at illegal annexation of IOJK and now its attempts to alter IOJK's demographic structure incl[uding] by [the] issuance of domicile certificates to 25,000 Indian nationals are all illegal, in violation of UNSC resolutions and international law, incl[uding] 4th Geneva Convention,' he tweeted.

As many as 25,000 non-locals have been granted domicile certificates in Muslim-majority occupied Jammu and Kashmir since May 18, which local politicians believe is the beginning of a move to disturb the demographic profile of the region, according to a report from Anadolu Agency.

The certificate, a sort of citizenship right, entitles a person to residency and government jobs in the region, which until last year were reserved only for the local population.

Last year on Aug 5, when India revoked the...