Islamabad, January 19, 2023 (PPI-OT):Pakistan has condemned the continued oppression by Indian troops in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). According to Kashmir Media Service, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch in her weekly press briefing said during the last week, the Indian forces’ personnel continued to carry out cordon and search operations in different parts of Rajouri, Poonch and Reasi districts, harassing the local population. She said in a disturbing event, two Kashmiri youth were killed in a fake encounter in Budgam district after they were dislodged by the Indian troops from a vehicle and shot dead on spot.

She said a family in Kunan village of Kupwara has been desperately looking for the whereabouts of their son and brother Abdul Rashid Dar for the last one month. Similarly, she said a truck driver, Dar went missing on 15th December after he was whisked away by Army soldiers from 41 Rashtriya Rifles unit. Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said the case of Abdul Rashid Dar, though tragic, is not unique as over the last three decades, hundreds have gone missing while in the custody of Indian forces. According to credible counts, some 8000 persons have gone missing in IIOJK since 1989.

She said Pakistan will continue to raise its voice on the continuing grave human rights abuses in IIOJK and will also continue to extend unstinted moral, political and diplomatic support to the people of Kashmir in their struggle for right to self-determination in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.

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