Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has asked India to end its
"unlawful occupation" of Kashmir in its own interest, warning any
delay in the settlement of the lingering dispute could spell
"disaster" for regional peace.
India should give in to the public sentiment in Kashmir in its own
interest and end its unlawful occupation of the territory, Hussain said at a
function in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, in
connection with the birth anniversary of 'Quaid-i-Azam' Mohammad Ali Jinnah
yesterday.
"The (Indian) occupation forces have employed every brute tactic to
suppress the Kashmiris...so much so that the pellet guns meant for hunting wild
animals have
also been ceaselessly used by them on the innocent and unarmed
people of Kashmir," he was quoted as saying by Dawn.
The human rights violations and repression in Kashmir were enough to shake
the global conscience, he claimed and called on the international community to
help Kashmiris exercise their right to self-determination. "A further
delay in the settlement of the lingering dispute could spell disaster for
regional peace," he warned.