UNSC On Kashmir.

While the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a meeting on Wednesday to review the situation in the India-occupied Kashmir, twenty-four hours later, India's Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawa was suggesting a sinister scheme to cull the freedom spirit in young Kashmiris. He said, 'Today, we see that young children are also being radicalised. They need to be identified and then we need to put them in de-radicalisation camps.' Such statements make it more urgent for the UN, in general, and the UNSC, in particular, to take concrete actions to stop India's human rights violations in the region.

Furthermore, the matter should not end with this. It is about time for the world body to find a solution for the Kashmir conflict according to the UN resolutions and popular will of the Kashmiri people. Modi's aggressive policies and Pakistan's powerful advocacy has made Kashmir once again a matter of international concern; Pakistan must continue presenting the case of Kashmir on every forum.

However, doing this much does not mean that Islamabad's done its job. Pakistan's leadership must make Kashmir as an integral part of building its relations with other countries. To this day, Pakistan has succeeded in convincing some countries in this regard. Malaysia is one such example that supports Pakistan on Kashmir despite India's effective ban on imports of refined palm oil from...