UK lawmakers endorse Kashmir a globally controversial issue: FM.

Byline: SHAFQAT ALI

ISLAMABAD -- Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Friday that Pakistan has made another diplomatic win against India after the members of British parliament strongly debated the worsening situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

'Pakistan has been exposing the ongoing Indian atrocities in IIOJK for long and now the same echo is being heard in the British Parliament, endorsing Pakistan's stance against India,' the Foreign Minister said, regarding the debate on Kashmir which was held in the UK parliament.

The debate was moved in the House of Commons by Sarah Owen from Luton North on January 13, which attracted a huge response by the other parliamentarians on highlighting the deteriorating situation in IIOJK.

Qureshi termed the development a 'success of Pakistan's diplomatic approach' and a 'source of encouragement for Kashmiris', expressing confidence that the voice would further expose the 'real face of India'. He said contrary to India's portrayal of Kashmir as its internal issue, the British parliamentarians made it clear that this was in fact a globally controversial issue that had upon it several resolutions of United Nations Security Council.

He said the situation in India was 'extremely worrying' where millions of Indian troops continued persecution of Kashmiris.

The Foreign Minister mentioned that the life in IIOJK were marked with extrajudicial killings, illegal arrest of Kashmiri youth, abuse of women, communication blockade and denial of access to independent observers...

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