‘EU can’t back down’ on IOK: Pakistan lauds for highlighting HR abuses

ISLAMABAD, 31 July: Pakistan on Saturday welcomed a letter from 16 European Parliament members to the European Union (EU) Commission on the human rights(HR) violations in Indian-occupied Kashmir(IOK), reported quoting the Foreign Office (FO) spokesman.

Spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said that they welcome a letter from the president and vice president to the EU commission that highlighted human rights(HR) violations in occupied Kashmir.

Despite the propaganda, the criticism and condemnation over Indian atrocities in the occupied territory are continuing, the spokesman said and added the violations have multiplied and even UN Security Council has debated the matter thrice since the illegal act committed on 05 August 2019.

He said that the Office of the UN High Commissioner has released two reports in 2018 and 2019 and had called for an independent investigation into the human rights violations.

The foreign office said that they have raised the human rights violations in occupied Kashmir at global forums constantly and India could not neglect the demands of the global community.

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Women lawmakers in the country demanded the killer of Noor Mukadam be sentenced to death and rapists and killers of women and children be hanged publicly. The National Assembly(NA), during Friday’s proceedings, unanimously condemned the gruesome acts of violence against women and children, especially the murder of Noor.

PTI MNA Asma Qadeer broke into tears while speaking on the floor of the House about the gruesome murder of Noor Mukadam and the rising number of cases in the country of violence against women and children.Mehnaz Akbar Aziz from the PML-N and Shamim Ara from the PPP demanded capital punishment for the killers of Noor Mukadam.Ara also demanded capital punishment for all other murderers and rapists of innocent children. “We will have to implement laws strictly.