ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has rejected the US State Department reports about Human Rights, saying that the report is one-sided and has no mention of the grave human right violations in Occupied Kashmir.
At the weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Friday, Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria said that Pakistan did not accept the US State Department report about human rights.
“Such reports are one-sided,” he added, saying that Pakistan has laws to protect human rights and measures are being taken to implement the laws.
He said that the US report was contrary to the ground realities, which carries maters in total negation of grave human rights violation in India. The spokesman said not mentioning of human rights violations in the Occupied Kashmir has put a question mark on the credibility of the US human rights report.
The spokesman condemned Indian troops’ torturing of seven journalists covering Pakistan Day celebrations in the Occupied Kashmir.
He expressed concerns over the arrest of 131 youth and 30 Hurriyet leaders last week.
Foreign Office Spokesman said celebration of Pakistan Day was a clear verdict of the people of the Occupied Kashmir that they want to join Pakistan. He said human rights situation has been aggravated in the Occupied Kashmir.
He said Indian targeting civilians in Azad Kashmir and heightening tension on the Line of Control has threatened peace in the region.
To a question on Indian massive purchase of weapons by India, Nafees Zakaria said Pakistan does not want arms race in the region and desires to solve issues with Indian through dialogue.
He urged the international community to influence India to respond positively to Pakistan’s initiatives for peace.
The spokesman said Pakistan opened its border with Afghanistan as a goodwill gesture and it hoped Afghan Government would remove root cause that led to closure of the border.
To a question, he said Pakistan will attend a conference regarding Afghanistan to be held in Moscow, but it will be decided later that at which level Pakistan will participate in the moot.
