Pakistan Wednesday appraised UN Security Council’s attention to the life sentence to Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik by a court in New Delhi on various charges including “Anti-India” activities and called it the “latest illustration of Indian oppression” in Jammu Kashmir.
“Like other colonialists, India has sought to portray the Kashmiri freedom struggle as terrorism,” Ambassador Munir Akram told the 15-member Council, adding it was India’s suppression of their “legitimate” fight that violated international law and constitutes war crimes.
“The conviction and sentencing today by an Indian Court of the Kashmiri leader, Yasin Malik, is the latest illustration of Indian oppression,” the Pakistani envoy claimed.
The Pakistani ambassador also said that India is trying to transform Jammu Kashmir from a Muslim majority State to a “Hindu majority territory” by issuing millions of “fake domicile certificates” to non-Kashmiris, seizing and selling off their land and gerrymandering electoral constituencies.
India has not yet commented on the issue, however, India has always maintained that Pakistan should refrain from commenting on Jammu Kashmir as it is an “internal” matter to India.