ZURICH: Prime Minister’s Special Assistant Tariq Fatemi on Tuesday said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would highlight the critical situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) during his upcoming meeting with the United Nations (UN) Secretary General on the sidelines of World Economic Forum (WEF).
“If the situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir is not addressed according to the wishes of its people, it would have far-reaching consequences,” he told APP here, when asked about the meetings of the prime minister on the sidelines of the 47th WEF at Davos.
Fatemi termed Kashmir a “flash point” which he said could turninto a very serious situation.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to meet SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of WEF on January 19.
The prime minister who has been forcefully raising the Kashmirissue at all international fora, including the UN General Assembly,would seek UN’s role in addressing the long-standing dispute.
Pakistan earlier this month asked the United Nations torestrain India from interfering and from activities aimed atdestabilizing Pakistan.
Tariq Fatemi said the prime minister during the meeting wouldhighlight the deployment of over 700,000 troops in the IOK, use of pellet guns and rejection of a fact-finding mission by India.
He regretted the “ethnic cleansing and genocide” of Kashmirisby the Indian occupational forces and said even the independenthuman rights groups in Kashmir were describing the movement as“indigenous and home grown” and without any foreign influence.
He said the movement gained momentum after the death of Burhanuddin Wani.
Fatemi said the prime minister would also take up the matterrelating to incidents of firing on unarmed civilians, ongoing curfewand demonstrations of the Kashmiri youth against the atrocities.
And Pakistan desired relations with all countries on thebasis of honour and dignity.
He said the prime minister would categorically inform the UNSecretary General that India was responsible for the tension in theregion.
Fatemi pointed out the Indian belligerent attitude, the talk ofsurgical strikes, violation of ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC)and firing at the Working Boundary.