Delegation of ASEAN Parliamentarians called on the President. 07/11/19

PRESIDENT’S SECRETARIAT (PUBLIC)
PRESS WING
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(PR No. 167/2019)
Delegation of ASEAN Parliamentarians called on the President
ISLAMABAD; November 07, 2019: India is blatantly violating the human rights of the people
of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IoJ&K) through its illegal clampdown since 5th
August, which has led to a humanitarian crisis, marked by shortage of food and lifesaving
medicines and communication blackout, said President Dr. Arif Alvi, while talking to the 18
member delegation of ASEAN Parliamentarians, led by Haji Mohd Azmi Hamid, President of
Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organization (MAPIM), who called on him in
Islamabad today. The delegation comprised of the parliamentarians and civil society members
from Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia and Thailand.
The President said that Pakistan had consistently raised the issue of increased human rights
violations by India in IoJ&K at all international fora. He emphasized that the international
community had the responsibility to take urgent steps to address this unacceptable situation in
IoJ&K. Furthermore, he earnestly condemned the political maps of India, issued by the Indian
Home Ministry on 2 November 2019, displaying Jammu and Kashmir region and seeking to
depict parts of Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir within the territorial jurisdiction of
India. He stressed that these maps were incorrect, legally untenable, void and in complete
violation of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions. He emphatically said that Pakistan
rejected these political maps, which were incompatible with the United Nations’ maps.
President, MAPIM, termed the Indian actions of August 5 and November 2 highly condemnable
and assured that ASEAN countries were fully supportive of highlighting Indian human rights
violations before the world. He further said that various plans of action had been devised, under
which media from ASEAN countries would visit to assess the human rights situation in IoJ&K.
Additionally, the platform of mosque across ASEAN countries would be utilized to highlight and
disseminate information about the Indian brutalities in IoJ&K, he added.
ASEAN parliamentarians and MAPIM officials condemned the Indian oppression against
Kashmiris and violation of their human rights and identity. The parliamentarians announced
establishment of ASEAN Kashmir Advocacy Group for highlighting the issue on international
level.
The ASEAN Parliamentary delegation arrived on four days visit to Pakistan on 5 November
2019. The visit has been arranged by Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organization
(MAPIM) for evaluation of situation in the region after Indian government’s recent unilateral
and illegal decision to change the status of IOJ&K. The delegation would also hold meetings
with the leadership and people of Kashmir.
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