ISLAMABAD: In a powerful statement on Kashmir, the visiting President of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir encouraged Pakistan to take up the issue of Jammu and Kashmir more robustly.
Pakistan calls upon UN to play role for resolution of Palestine, Kashmir disputes
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday called upon the United Nations (UN) to play its role for the resolution of the Palestine and Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) disputes, that have been on UN Security Council’s (UNSC) agenda for over seven decades.
The foreign minister’s remarks came during a joint news conference along with UN General Assembly President (PGA) Volkan Bozkir after a meeting in Islamabad earlier today.
Pleased to have had constructive discussions with @volkan bozkir on a wide range of political and socio-economic issues today including:
COVID looms large among IIOJ&K prisoners
National
May 28, 2021
SRINAGAR: Hundreds of political prisoners languishing in overcrowded jails in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) are at risk of contracting COVID-19, which has already been detected in multiple prisons. Lawyers and activists are calling for their release. Jail data accessed by a foreign media outlet revealed that 119 inmates across 13 IIOJ&K jails have tested positive for COVID-19. A further 258 out of 4,573 prisoners in these jails are also suspected of contracting the virus, but it has yet to be confirmed. So far, less than 200 of the inmates have received a COVID vaccine, officials told the outlet.
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