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Pakistan on Thursday condemned New Delhi of evading questions on human rights in occupied Kashmir and the treatment of minorities.
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Pakistan → condemn → minorities
Exercising the right of reply to India at the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, First Secretary Adeel M. Khokhar said India had adopted a “familiar pattern” of changing the subject and invoking Pakistan when confronted with uncomfortable facts.
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India → exercise → facts
“Let us make it clear: Jammu and Kashmir is not, and has never been, an integral part of India.
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Jammu → make → India
It is a disputed territory, as recognised by the relevant Security Council resolutions.
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It → dispute → resolutions
Repeated denials and unilateral measures cannot alter this reality,” he said.
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he → alter → reality
Khokhar said India had for over seven decades avoided holding a free and impartial plebiscite under UN auspices in Jammu and Kashmir.
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India → say → Jammu
“A state confident in its claim would not fear the people it claims to govern,” he added.
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he → fear → people
Khokhar highlighted that extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention and torture of Kashmiris by Indian forces had been documented in international reports, such as by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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killings → highlight → Rights
He questioned the continued enforcement of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, which he said shielded security forces from prosecution without government approval and amounted to a “licence for impunity”.
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he → question → impunity
The Pakistani delegate also criticised measures taken by India since Aug 5, 2019, including changes to domicile and land laws and delimitation of constituencies in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
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delegate → criticise → Jammu
He said hundreds of thousands of domicile certificates had been issued to non-Kashmiris in an attempt to alter the demographic composition of the Muslim-majority territory.
“Kashmir cannot be resolved by changing who Kashmiris are,” he said.
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he → say → territory
On minority rights in India, Khokhar referred to the destruction of Muslim places of worship from Babri Masjid to Ujjain and alleged that such acts were carried out under state patronage.
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acts → refer → patronage
He also cited the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019, which he said introduced a religion-based pathway to citizenship while expressly excluding Muslims.
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he → cite → Muslims
The Bharatiya Janata Party government, in power since 2014, had failed to elect a single Muslim MP on its ticket in 2014 and 2019, and fielded minimal Muslim representation in 2024, he noted, adding that its human rights record “deserves the same score: zero”.
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Pakistan had also hit back at remarks made by the Indian representative at the UN General Assembly last week.
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Pakistan → hit → Assembly
Counsellor Saima Saleem accused India of having “elevated propaganda into statecraft”, embraced disinformation as diplomacy and “exported terrorism as an instrument of policy”.
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Saleem → accuse → policy
She said India’s “terrorist exports have gone from regional to global”, citing former Indian naval commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, convicted in Pakistan on terrorism and espionage charges, and Nikhil Gupta, who pleaded guilty in the United States for plotting the murder of a Sikh leader at the direction of the Indian government.
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Recently, following controversial remarks by US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, the US assured Pakistan that its position on the Kashmir dispute remains unchanged and that Washington continues to regard the region as a disputed territory, according to diplomatic sources.
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