ISLAMABAD, 07 December 2021, (TON): Pakistan called upon the United Nations to take notice of the recent spate of extra-judicial killings, arbitrary arrests and illegal detentions in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi wrote to the president of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the UN Secretary-General, apprising them about the continuing grave situation in the held valley, according to the foreign office.

He underscored the deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in IIOJK and the persistent threat to international peace and security posed by India’s provocative and irresponsible rhetoric as well as its track record of orchestrating 'false flag' operations.

He pointed out that the UN human rights machinery, independent NGOs and the international media have regularly reported on and expressed concerns about the increasing intimidation, harassment and reprisal attacks by Indian occupation forces against Kashmiri human rights defenders, journalists and civil society actors.

Qureshi highlighted, in particular, the recent arrest on trumped-up charges of a renowned Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez, in complete disregard for basic human rights principles, norms and international law.