UNSC seems indifferent to Kashmir issue: AJK president - Press Release issued by Kashmir Media Service.

Islamabad -- November 08, 2019 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Kashmir Media Service

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Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan said on Thursday that UN Security Council (UNSC) President Karen Pierce had removed the Kashmir issue from this month's agenda, lamenting that the international body did not seem to be concerned over the grave human rights situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK).

The IOK has been on a knife-edge since August 5 when the Indian government moved to strip the region of its autonomy, imposed a lock down, cut telecommunications and detained thousands. "The Security Council appears waiting for complete annihilation of the Kashmiri people," he told a 16-member high-level visiting delegation of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The AJK president said Kashmiris had great expectations with ASEAN member states, particularly the Malaysian parliament.

He expressed hope that ASEAN would play its role to help the oppressed people of IOK. Led by the head of Malaysian Consultative Council for Islamic Organization Azeemi Abdul Hameed, the delegation included MPs from Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Thailand, Kampuchea, Singapore and Myanmar.

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