Islamabad: Upping the ante, Pakistan today decided to approach the UN Human Rights Council over the Kashmir situation and request it to send a fact-finding mission there as the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting dominated by the Kashmir issue.
"The Indian attempts to claim that the deteriorating human rights situation" in Kashmir is an internal affair of India is "factually incorrect, legally untenable and a violation of international law and UNSC resolutions," Sharif was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the Premier's Office.
"The meeting resolved that Pakistan will approach the Human Rights Council of the United Nations on its behalf and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif also attended the meeting in which a briefing was made on the situation in Kashmir and Afghanistan by the Foreign Office.
We have provided and will continue to provide diplomatic, political and moral support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir for the realisation of their fundamental right to self determination in accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolutions, Sharif said.
The "continuing brutal oppression by the Indian security forces of the innocent Kashmiris who have been peacefully protesting against the Indian violence in the region" was condemned during the meeting, the statement said.
"Brutal use of force is a blatant violation of fundamental rights of the Kashmiri people which no civilised society permits," Sharif said.
The Premier reiterated that the only solution to the Kashmir issue would be "early implementation of UNSC resolutions -- a fair and impartial plebiscite under the UN auspices".
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