UN Secretary General António Guterres urged India on Monday to end the use of pellets against children in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and stop associating children with the security forces in any way. AFP/File
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General António Guterres urged India on Monday to end the use of pellets against children in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and stop associating children with the security forces in any way.
The UN chief made these observations in his latest report on “Children and Armed Conflict” presented in the UN Security Council on Monday for an open debate. The report does not clarify how India has been associating children with the security forces.
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Regional scenario
June 28, 2021
In the backdrop of the continuing US pull-out from Afghanistan, the stalled talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government and the Taliban regaining control over 81 percent of the country through enhanced military offensives, Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed his views very candidly about the emerging regional scenario in an interview with Axios on HBO, through his article published in the Washington Post and via an interaction with two senior editors of The New York Times.
The points he emphasized were: Pakistan is ready to be a partner for peace in Afghanistan with the US as the two countries want a political settlement, stability, economic development and denial of any haven for terrorists in the war-ravaged country. He further feels that the US should not pull out before a political settlement in Afghanistan as that could re-plunge the country into factional fighting with implications for the entire region; the US announcement about
Report on illegal transfer of population to IIOJ&K launched
June 28, 2021
Islamabad : Centre for Law and Security (CLAS) in collaboration with the Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Secretariat Islamabad organised a report launch and a panel discussion on the Illegal Transfer of population to Indian illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) and International Law at Kashmir House, Islamabad, says a press release.
The panel discussion focused on India’s violation of international law, lawfare options for Pakistan and the initiatives the Pakistani Government has taken with regards to Kashmir.
The President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan was the chief guest of the event. The panel comprised of Chairperson of the Parliamentary Special Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi, Advocate Supreme Court Ahmer Bilal Soofi, Ambassador (r) Riaz Khokhar, Senator Walid Iqbal, Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan Sobia Kamal Khan, Executive