Sartaj Aziz in his letter to the UN Secretary General said that India is trying to make demographic changes and convert the ‘majority Muslim community in Jammu and Kashmir into a minority community to preempt the results of the (proposed) UN administered plebiscite, according to a Pakistani foreign office statement
Islamabad : Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has written a letter to the United Nations Secretary General highlighting alleged Indian attempts to bring demographic changes to Jammu and Kashmir, a Foreign Office statement said on Saturday.
“The letter specifically points out the issuance of permanent residence certificates to non-residents, allotment of land to retired Indian army personnel, issuance of land to non-Kashmiris, the establishment of separate townships for Kashmiri pandits and settlement of west Pakistan refugees in held Kashmir,” the statement said.
“These efforts are being made to try to convert the Muslim majority in Jammu and Kashmir into a minority to preempt the results of the (proposed) UN administered plebiscite,” said the statement.
Pakistan writes to the UN often, urging it to interfere in Kashmir. However, India is of the strong view that Kashmir is a bilateral issue and no third party interventions necessary.
Saturday’s letter is Pakistan’s latest attempt to put India on the backfoot.
Aziz has stressed that the non-implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions is leading to a grave human tragedy in the Valley, added the statement.
“It is only by the implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions that we will be able to end the immense sufferings of millions of Kashmiris in Jammu and Kashmir and bring peace and stability to South Asia,” the report quoted the letter as saying. –IANS
