ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office Thursday said that since the murder of Kashmiri youth leader Muzaffar Wani on July 8, more than 150 Kashmiris have been killed while above 10,000 have been arrested by the Indian security forces besides another 600 suffering pellet guns injuries.
Addressing a weekly press briefing here, Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said that there was no information on the whereabouts of those who have been arrested as whether they were tortured or even they could end up in mass graves, as had been done in the past.
He once again urged the international community to call India to account for grave human rights violations and defiance of the United Nations Security Council resolutions as well as the international human rights laws.
Zakaria said India had been issuing domiciles to non-Kashmiris to sabotage the plebiscite committed under the UNSC resolutions saying such a demographical change was also the sheer violations of the resolutions.
He said besides the violence, Pakistan had time and again also urged the international community to take notice of the material changes India had been carrying out in the disputed territory.
Besides violating the UNSC resolutions and human rights laws, India had been disallowing any independent inquiry into the situation.
To a question, the Spokesperson said Secretary Foreign Affairs Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry would lead Pakistani delegation for the talks with China and Russia scheduled to be held in Russia on December 27.
He said during the talks, the issues of common concerns including Afghanistan would be discussed.
He reiterated that peace in Afghanistan was of utmost importance to Pakistan and the latter had been extending all out cooperation in this regard.
Answering another question about a Pentagon report, the Spokesperson said Pakistan did not allow its territory to be misused against any other state.
Pakistan's role and successes for elimination of terrorism and sacrifices in this struggle had been widely acknowledged by the international community including the United States, he remarked.
Responding to a question about the Indian Prime minister's statement on Indian involvement for disintegration of Pakistan, the prime minister said the interference by Indian state actors in Pakistan was a proven fact that had been substantiated by the statements of Prime Minister Modi and Ajit Doval and arrest of Indian spy Kubhushan Yadev.
He told media that around 728 Pakistanis were in Saudi jails in various charges; however the Pakistani embassy facilitated them for consular services as well as for negotiation with the employers to resolve the dispute.
About the ongoing settlements in West Bank by Israel, the Spokesperson said since 1967, Pakistan had been strongly opposing the activities as those were the sheer violations of international laws.
Zakaria told media that Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif had concluded his three-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina wherein the two leadership discussed the ways to strengthen bilateral ties in multiple spheres.
About the status of Pakistani citizen arrested in the aftermath of an attack at Christmas market in Berlin, the Spokesperson said there were clear reports that he had been released by the German authorities.
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