ISLAMABAD, 24 November 2021, (TON): Pakistan has strongly condemned the arrest of human rights activist Khurram Parvez by Indian armed forces in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Parvez, 40, was arrested by India’s top anti-terrorism investigation agency during a raid at his home and office.

Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said in a statement “arbitrary arrests of human rights activists on orchestrated charges by Indian occupation forces is clear evidence of New Delhi’s state-terrorism and trampling of fundamental human rights in India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.”

The spokesperson said that the reprehensible unwarranted searches by India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) at the offices and residence of Parvez has also been condemned by international human rights activists and organisations.

He added “the world is aware that it has become increasingly difficult for human rights organisations and activists to continue their work in India and India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir due to an incessant witch hunt by the Hindutva driven RSS- BJP combine over unfounded and motivated allegations.”

The spokesperson said that the international humans rights preservation platform Amnesty International had to shut all its operations in India in September 2020 when its bank accounts were frozen by India in an act of reprisal because of their independent reporting on India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.