World must raise awareness on India's crimes against humanity, PM Imran tells UK MPs

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ISLAMABAD: The world must raise awareness on India's crimes against humanity, Prime Minister Imran Khan told cross-party delegation of the members of the UK Parliament during a meeting here in the federal capital.

The UK parliamentarians' delegation was led by Debbie Abrahams, the All-Parties Parliamentary Kashmir Group's (APPKG) chairperson.

It was the international community's responsibility to put pressure on India to implement the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions on occupied Kashmir, the premier added.

Pakistan believed that a just and lasting solution to the Kashmir dispute was essential for peace, security, and stability in South Asia, he said, reiterating Islamabad's commitment to continue supporting the Kashmiri people in their struggle for justice and inalienable right of self-determination.

The PM commended the APPKG's consistent focus on the issue and noted the important contribution made by its earlier reports on human rights situation in occupied Kashmir. He also apprised the delegation of the dire human rights and humanitarian conditions in the Muslim-majority region following India’s illegal and unilateral actions on August 5, 2019.

PM Imran also underlined that some eight million Kashmiris were under a military siege for the last six months, with all their rights and freedoms taken away. The threat to peace and security posed by the belligerent rhetoric and aggressive actions of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration on the ground, he stressed.

He further underlined that the Hindutva ideology of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government — inspired by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) — was squeezing Kashmiris in the occupied region on one hand and constricting the space for India’s minorities on the other.

The prime minister also highlighted that India could resort to a "false flag" operation in order to divert international attention from its unacceptable actions in the Himalayan region.

The delegation comprised MPs Debbie Abrahams, Imran Hussain, Sarah Britcliffe, James Daly,Tahir Ali, Judith Cummins, Mark Eastwood, Lord Qurban Hussain, and Yasmine Dar, Member National Executive Committee (NEC) of Labour Party.