ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) Spokesman Nafees Zakaria on Wednesday said that India wanted to divert the world’s attention from the grave situation in Indian-held Kashmir.
For Pakistan, the most important issue was Kashmir, and it wanted to resolve all disputes through peaceful means, the spokesman said in a programme aired on the state-run television.
He said that Pakistan had already responded in detail to the Indian prime minister’s statement over Balochistan. He said the foreign secretary of Pakistan had sent a letter to his Indian counterpart for talks on Kashmir.
The situation in IHK was very grave, as about 80 Kashmiris had been martyred since last month. He said that more than 6,000 people had also been injured during this period, while many had lost their eyesight after being shot by pallet gun.
Nafees Zakaria said that IHK was an internationally recognised dispute over which the United Nations had adopted resolutions, calling for Kashmiris’ right to self-determination. To a question, he said that Indian involvement in Balochistan had been proved. One of their serving naval officers, Kulbhushan Yadav, had admitted to destabilising Pakistan by carrying out terrorist activities in the province, he said.
“Yadav’s admission also vindicated Pakistan’s stance about Indian involvement in terrorist activities on its soil,” he added.
Zakaria said that Indian brutalities in the occupied valley had drawn strong condemnation from across the globe. He said the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) had condemned the use of force against the protesting Kashmiris, whereas its contact group had also expressed its concerns over Indian brutalities in the region.
The spokesman further said the OIC Human Rights Group had also demanded an immediate end to Indian atrocities in IHK.
