Pakistan rejects all unilateral, illegal actions in IIOJK: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday reiterated that Pakistan rejects all unilateral and illegal actions taken by India in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK) and vowed to continue extending its unwavering diplomatic, moral and political support to Kashmiris in their just struggle.

On his Twitter handle, the prime minister said that Pakistan calls upon India to reverse its post-August 5 actions.

Today marks the completion of four years since India deprived Kashmiris of their statehood by unilaterally annexing Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK), he added.

“The last four years have represented the culmination of the worst human rights abuses including but not limited to the demographic changes, issuance of fake domiciles, internet shutdown, complete information blackout and imprisonment of Kashmiri leadership of all hues and colours,” the prime minister posted in a tweet.

At the heart of these illegal and immoral measures has been the nefarious attempt by India to alter the internationally recognised status of IIOJK and undermine the Kashmiris’ fundamental right to self-determination, he added.

The prime minister further said that history bore witness to the fact that brute force had never succeeded in extinguishing the fire of freedom and rights, the official news agency reported.