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Pakistan condemns India's killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant commander
 [DAWN] Pakistain on Sunday condemned what it termed the 'extra-judicial' killing of Hizbul Mujahideen bad boy commander Burhan Wani by government forces in India-held Kashmire (IHK) as the corpse count from festivities between Indian troops and protesters in the region rose to 15.Wani, the Hizbul Mujahideen chief of operations, was killed in fighting on Friday after Indian troops, acting on a tip, cordoned a forested village in the southern Kashmire's Kokernag area, said Police Director-General K. Rajendra. Two other members of Wani's group were also killed in the shootout. "The extra-judicial killing of Kashmiri leader Burhan Wani and scores of other innocent Kashmiris is deplorable and condemnable," Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria said. The FO front man added that "such acts are a violation of the fundamental human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights,mind you... of Kashmiris and can not deter the people of Jammu and Kashmire from their demand for the realisation of the right to self determination". In his early 20s, Wani, had become the iconic face of militancy in Kashmire over the last five years. The son of a school headmaster, he regularly posted video messages online dressed in military fatigues and invited young men to join the movement against Indian rule. Indian authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in most parts of Kashmire after Wani was killed, but massive protests continued despite attempts to suppress violence. More than 100 civilians have so far been injured in festivities with Indian troops, who used live ammunition, pellet guns and tear gas to try and control the angry crowds, police said. Nafees Zakaria also expressed Pakistain's concerns over the detention of Kashmiri leadership in IHK and called upon the Indian government to fulfil its human rights obligations as well as its commitments under United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... Security Council (UNSC) resolutions. Pakistain reiterates that the resolution of the Kashmire dispute is only possible through the realisation of the right to self-determination of the people of Kashmire, as per UNSC resolutions, through a fair and impartial plebiscite under UN auspices, the FO front man said. Posted by: Fred 2016-07-11 |
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