 [DAWN] Azad Jammu and Kashmire (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan called for greater support from the international community in controlling the recent surge in violence in India-held Kashmire.
Addressing a convention of British councillors, lord mayors and mayors in London, Khan remarked that the United Nations
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Security Council (UNSC) should intercede to take full cognisance of the situation in India-held Kashmire and "stop massacres, killings, and illegal detentions".
The AJK president said, "The conflict of Jammu and Kashmire is the most obscure in the region where thousands of people are killed, maimed, tortured, and incarcerated every year."
Unlike other conflicts, Kashmire has little visibility on the international radar and remains the least reported conflict, he said, adding that the world powers should play their "rightful role instead of acting as bystanders in the Kashmire dispute".
Khan asked: "Has the UN not intervened in South Sudan, Mali, Central African Republic, Yemen, and Libya, without waiting for the consent of the parties to the conflict?"
The AJK president was of the view that Pakistain should no longer hold dialogue with India on Kashmire because of three reasons: "Kashmire is an international, not a bilateral, dispute; secondly, India has closed all doors for bilateral dialogue; and thirdly, the rounds of bilateral engagement so far have proved to be a mirage and totally unproductive."
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