PM Imran announces ‘big jalsa’ in Muzaffarabad on Friday – Pakistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Wednesday that he would celebrate a "great jalsa"(demonstration) in Muzaffarabad on September 13 (Friday).

In a post shared on Twitter, the prime minister said the jalsa was to "send a message to the world about the continuous siege of [Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir] IOJK by the Indian occupation forces; [and] to show cashmere that Pakistan is decidedly with them. "

Since India unilaterally decided to annex occupied Kashmir on August 5 and apply a blockade, Prime Minister Imran has repeatedly expressed concern about the situation in the disputed region.

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Earlier, he had also announced that an event would be held every week to show solidarity with the people of Kashmir, starting August 30, when the Pakistanis left in droves to observe the "Kashmir Time" of 12 p.m. at 12:30 p.m. to express solidarity with the cashmere. in occupied Kashmir.

Joint declaration at the UN Human Rights Council

The announcement of the Prime Minister of Muzaffarabad jalsa Today comes a day after Pakistan issued a joint statement on behalf of more than 50 countries in the United Nations Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in occupied Kashmir.

Addressing the president of the council, the statement said that the worsening of the humanitarian and human rights situation in occupied Kashmir, particularly after the action of India on August 5, required "urgent attention of the Human Rights Council and human rights mechanisms. "

"We share the concern expressed by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, about the impact of recent actions on the human rights of cashmere."

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According to the statement, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Special Procedures in his joint press release on August 22 and civil society organizations , as well as the international media, had "repeatedly expressed serious concerns about the unprecedented restrictions and the continuous curfew imposed since August 5, curbing fundamental freedoms, communications blackouts and reports of widespread torture, extrajudicial executions, arbitrary detentions, sexual abuse of women and forced disappearances. "

In addition, he noted that in a statement on August 8, Guterres had said that the UN's position in the region was governed by the UN Charter and the applicable resolutions of the Security Council. The joint statement added that this had been corroborated by the OHCHR Kashmir reports.

According to the joint declaration, the international community must request the following:

• Respect and protection of the fundamental human rights of people in occupied Kashmir, especially the right to life, liberty and security.
• Immediate lifting of the curfew, ending the closure of communications and the release of arbitrarily detained persons
• Immediate arrest of excessive use of force, especially the use of pellet guns.
• Access of human rights organizations and international media.
• Implementation of the recommendations of the OHCHR Kashmir reports, including the establishment of a United Nations Commission of Inquiry to investigate serious human rights violations.
• Periodic reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

"We also support a peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute through the implementation of UNSC resolutions," the statement added.

Meanwhile, in a press release issued by the Foreign Ministry spokesman, Pakistan expressed gratitude to the countries that were part of the joint declaration.

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On the same day, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi addressed the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, during which he said that the international community "should not remain indifferent to the tragedy that is taking place. is developing before our eyes "in occupied Kashmir.