POJK
HR violations
unabated in PoK: Dr Jitendra
Jammu, Aug 4 :
On the eve of the Parliament's Monsoon session beginning tomorrow, BJP National
Executive Member and J&K Chief Spokesperson, Dr Jitendra Singh today
released to the media, evidence from various sources including "Human
Rights Commission of Pakistan" report to state that Human Right (HR)
violations and oppression of minority community continue unabated in Pak
occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Referring to
instances of mysterious disappearances, torture, political repression,
electoral fraud, religious conversion and suppression of freedom of speech, he
said, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, the Inter Services
Intelligence (ISI) also carries out arbitrary arrests in which people are
tortured and several have died.
Pertinent to
mention that BJP National President Rajnath Singh had last week, during his
visit to the United States, raised the issue of human right violations in PoK
and Gilgit Baltistan. The party has now decided to follow up the issue at
different fora at all levels.
According to Dr
Jitendra Singh, Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) report also indicates that
several have disappeared while many reported dead after their arrests in
Pakistan-held Kashmir. The report states,
arrested persons often include those who refuse to join or try to leave forces
engaged in so-called Jehad in the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir, he said.
Dr
Jitendra Singh cited some examples with names of persons who had been arrested
or had gone mysteriously missing after having refused to join the so-called
Jehad against India.
They included Jehangir, son of Sabir resident of Charhoi, Kotli sub district,
Amjad, son of Mohammad Khan, resident of Leepa tehsil, Muzaffarabad district,
Mohammad Aslam, son of Jan Mohammad, resident of Cherhoi, Kotli sub district,
Akram, son of Abdullah, resident of Khoi Ratta and Kabir Hasan Shah, resident
of Sandok, Neelum district.
The
plight of minority Hindu community is even worse, said Dr Jitendra Singh and
accused the Govt of Pakistan of having blatantly backed out of the bilateral
pact signed by the then Pakistan Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and his Indian
counterpart Jawaharlal Nehru on 8 April,1950 pledging to ensure equal rights
for minorities in their respective countries. He said, while in India Muslims
have flourished in every walk of life, in Pakistan as a result of systematic
oppression, the population of the Hindu minority has dwindled from 22 per cent
in 1947 to less than 2 per cent today. This is a part of a larger calculated
strategy of persecution of Hindus by religious zealots; a campaign that has the
tacit support of the authorities and passive acquiescence of local general
population, he explained.
Source: http://earlytimesnews.com/newsdet.aspx?q=111364
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