Pakistan calls upon India to reverse illegal, unilateral action of August 5.

ISLAMABAD -- Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar has called upon India to reverse its illegal and unilateral actions of August 5, 2019 and take necessary steps to create an environment conducive for meaningful dialogue for peaceful resolution of Kashmir dispute.

Addressing weekly press briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, he said India has issued millions of fake domiciles aimed at demographic engineering in order to turn the Kashmiri Muslim majority into a minority in their own land. He said India has employed censorship, and crackdown on civil society, human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists, who are harassed and persecuted under the draconian laws.

The spokesperson said New Delhi s illegal steps to undermine the internationally recognized disputed status of occupied Jammu and Kashmir and to alter the demographic structure of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir in violation of international law and relevant UN Security...

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