Geneva: Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday referred to Jammu and Kashmir as an 'Indian State' following his speech at the United Nations Human Rights Council session.
Speaking to reporters, Shah said, "India is trying to give an impression to the world that life has returned to normalcy. If the life has returned to normalcy, then I say, why don't they allow you, the international media, why don't they allow the international organisations, the NGOs, civil society organisations to go into the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and see for themselves what the reality is."
Till date, Pakistan, in all its official communication, has been referring to Jammu and Kashmir as 'Indian Administered Kashmir'.
Pakistan on Tuesday claimed that India has transformed Jammu and Kashmir into a largest "caged prison in this planet" after the abrogation of Article 370 and that the human rights were being "trampled with impunity" there.
Qureshi's remarks came after his address at the UNHRC session, where he presented a false narrative on Kashmir maintained by his country following the Indian government's historic move to abrogate Article 370.
Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi claimed that the world is also talking about the "brutality" Kashmiris are facing in the region.
Interestingly, while Qureshi was addressing the session, protests were held outside the UN headquarters against the dire situation of Human Rights in Pakistan.
Ironically, when Qureshi was speaking at the UNHRC, World Sindhi Congress (WSC) held an anti-Pakistan protest outside the UN complex here.
In its desperation, Pakistan is trying hard to bring the issue back on the UN table but it is unlikely to succeed as it hardly has any international support, mainly for being discredited because of sponsoring terrorism. Countries like Russia, UAE, US, Sri Lanka, Israel and many others have supported India on this matter, experts said.
While Pakistan has been running from pillar to post, New Delhi has maintained that Kashmir is a strictly internal matter.
