PTI lauds EU parliament for holding debate on IoK.

MIRPUR -- Kashmiri leaders appreciated the European Union Parliament for holding debate on the Kashmir issue and human rights situation in the Indian held territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

President Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf, Azad Jammu Kashmir chapter, Barrister Sultan Mahmoud Chaudhary has said that the EU parliamentarians' involvement in the debate reflected the fast-growing realization about the dire humanitarian crisis in IoK at world level.

In a statement issued here on Thursday, the PTI president said that the European Union that has always supported the peaceful settlement of Kashmir dispute has yet again issued a strong statement in which the parliamentarians have expressed serious concern over the worsening human rights situation in Kashmir. 'Being Kashmiri we are deeply grateful to all those parliamentarians who have played their key role in arranging this historic debate on Kashmir', Barrister Chaudhary said hoping that the European Union would continue its efforts to pursue peace in South Asian region thereby resolving Kashmir conflict in line with Kashmiris' aspirations.

Call for world role to mitigate the sufferings of Kashmiri people

Commenting on the development, Secretary Information Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf AJK chapter Mr. Ershad Mahmud said that it was for the second time that a threadbare discussion and deliberations on the situation in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir were held in the European Parliament. What is unique about the debate he said was that it was held at a crucial time when 8 million Kashmiris have been under military lock down for over a month, ever since India revoked Article 370 of its constitution on August 5.

He said that the European Union, which...