Srinagar, Jul 06 (KNS): Pakistan has condemned the alleged harassment of relatives of Hurriyat (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq by the authorities, reports said.
The Foreign Office spokesperson was quoted by the Dawn news as condemning the ‘coercive, pressure tactic by India’ and termed it “a concerted attempt to harass the Kashmiri leadership and subjugate the indigenous Kashmiri struggle to the oppressive Indian regime.”
He according to the news report was responding to a question regarding reports about the National Investigation Agency (NIA) serving a notice to Molvi Manzoor Ahmed and Molvi Shafat Ahmed, uncles of the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, asking them to report to NIA Headquarters in New Delhi.
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“The persistent Indian denial of the indigenous struggle of the Kashmiri people now appears to have mutated to frustrated focus on all kinds of trumped up charges,” reports quoting the statement issued by the Foreign Office.
The statement further reads that “India needs to realise that the legitimate struggle of the Kashmiris for their right to self-determination cannot be wished away, or subjugated, through such oppressive measures.”
“Intimidating relatives of Kashmiri leaders and psychologically torturing them through such reprehensible moves serves no purpose but add to the long list of grave human rights violations committed by India against unprotected Kashmiris,” the statement reads. (KNS)