Pakistan asks world to look into Kashmiris` plight.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Monday called on the world to urgently attend to the worsening plight of Kashmiris in Indiaheld territory and drew parallels between the Kashmir and Palestine disputes.

Speaking at the emergency virtual meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said:`The occupying powers in both Kashmir and Palestine are pursuing similar tactics to disenfranchise and dispossess these peoples. Both these situations are worsening and call for urgent attention of the international community`.

The meeting was attended by Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Azeri FM Elmar Mammadyarov, Niger`s FM KallaAnkourao, OIC secretary general Dr Yousef Al-Othaimeen, and AJK President Masood Khan.

The meeting was held to review the latest developments on Kashmir and discuss actionsthat can be taken in future by the OIC members to address the issue.

The contact group last met on Sept 25 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Apprising members of the contact group about the worsening situation in occupied Kashmir, Mr Qureshi said India enacted Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Adaptation of State Law) Order 2020 and the Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Domicile Certificate (Procedure) Rules 2020.

He said these measures aimed at altering IOJ and K`s demographic structure were illegal and in violation of the UNSC resolutions and international law, in particular the 4thGeneva Convention and UNSC resolution 122.

Drawing the attention of the group to extra-judicial killings in fake `encounters`; `cordonand-search` operations; and indiscriminate use of pellet guns and live ammunition against unarmed peaceful protestors, the foreign minister said Indian forces are operating with complete impunity under the cover of draconian laws such as PSA, AFSPA and UAPA.

`In the last 20 days, 30 young Kashmiris have been martyred,` he said, adding that Indian troops had now refused to hand over bodies of Kashmiri fighters to their heirs for burial and they are torching houses ofKashmiris as a collective...

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