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Pakistan condemns India at UN council over occupied Kashmir, minority rights

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Khan, I. A. (2026, October 1). Pakistan condemns India at UN council over occupied Kashmir, minority rights. Dawn. https://www.dawn.com/news/2033985/pakistan-condemns-india-at-un-council-over-occupied-kashmir-minority-rights

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At the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Pakistan condemned India's handling of human rights issues in Kashmir and treatment of minorities. First Secretary Adeel M. Khokhar accused India of evading discussions on a free plebiscite for Kashmir and highlighted extrajudicial killings and arbitrary detentions by Indian forces. He also criticized recent changes to domicile laws that aim to alter the demographic composition of Muslim-majority Kashmir. Additionally, Pakistan questioned India’s Citizenship Amendment Act, which provides a path to citizenship based on religion while excluding Muslims.
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At the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday, Pakistan condemned India over human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir. First Secretary Adeel M. Khokhar accused India of evading questions regarding minority treatment and the occupied status of Kashmir, asserting that Kashmir is a disputed territory as recognized by relevant UN Security Council resolutions. Khokhar highlighted documented extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, and torture of Kashmiris by Indian forces in international reports like those from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Pakistan emphasized India’s longstanding failure to hold a free and impartial plebiscite under UN auspices in Jammu and Kashmir since 1947, arguing that such avoidance indicates insecurity about its claim over the region.

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🔮 “A state confident in its claim would not fear the people it claims to govern,” he added.

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Pakistan on Thursday condemned New Delhi of evading questions on human rights in occupied Kashmir and the treatment of minorities. asserted
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. asserted
India → exercise → facts
“Let us make it clear: Jammu and Kashmir is not, and has never been, an integral part of India. asserted
Jammu → make → India
It is a disputed territory, as recognised by the relevant Security Council resolutions. asserted
It → dispute → resolutions
Repeated denials and unilateral measures cannot alter this reality,” he said. asserted
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. asserted
India → say → Jammu
“A state confident in its claim would not fear the people it claims to govern,” he added. uncertain
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. asserted
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”. asserted
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. asserted
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. asserted
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. asserted
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. asserted
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”. asserted
record → fail → score
Pakistan had also hit back at remarks made by the Indian representative at the UN General Assembly last week. asserted
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”. asserted
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. asserted
who → say → government
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. uncertain
Washington → follow → sources
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