Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Saturday that now even United States of America was saying that India Kashmir is a dangerous place and that US citizens should avoid visiting there.
Speaking to the media in Sukkur, the foreign minister said that before attending the conference he had read that the US had warned its citizens not to visit Kashmir as it was a dangerous place. He said this was a completely different attitude of the US which had last year formed the South Asia new policy. “This is Allah’s generosity and your diplomacy’s result,” added Qureshi.
He said that Pakistan’s restraint in the face of Indian aggression was being praised worldwide. Meanwhile, New Delhi’s policies in occupied Kashmir are being criticised by the people in India who were saying that India has “lost Kashmir”, the foreign minister insisted.
Politicians and leaders including Mehbooba Mufti and Farooq Abdullah were also questioning India’s policy regarding Kashmir, Qureshi told reporters.
He said the situation in occupied Kashmir had deteriorated so much that the United States had issued a travel advisory, telling its citizens not to visit the region.
He urged the international community and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to take notice of Indian army’s brutalities in held Kashmir and added that the United Nations Human Rights Commission has called for a commission to be formed to probe the situation in the occupied territory. British House of Commons has also expressed concern over the situation in Kashmir.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged New Delhi to hold dialogue over the Kashmir conflict more than once since he came to power last year and has warned that continued suppression of Kashmiris by the Indian forces will result in grim consequences.