“The scale and intensity of today’s conflicts is stretching our capacity to protect children,” Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Munir Akram told the world body. APP/File
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan urged the UN Security Council on Tuesday to act immediately to protect children in conflict zones, particularly in the India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir [IOJK] where Indian forces have been deliberately targeting children with pellet guns.
“The scale and intensity of today’s conflicts is stretching our capacity to protect children,” Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Munir Akram told the world body.
“Nowhere is this grim reality starker than in today’s IOJK. More than 300 innocent Kashmiris, including women and children, were killed in fake encounters and staged cordon-and-search operations,” the ambassador said in his written statement to the Security Council.
NEW DELHI: Investigators began probing a suspected drone strike on an air base in India-occupied Jammu on Sunday, with experts saying such an attack would be a first such test for New Delhi and raise concerns about security at military installations.
“Two low-intensity explosions were reported early on Sunday morning in the technical area of Jammu air force station. One caused minor damage to the roof of a building while the other exploded in an open area,” the Indian Air Force tweeted.
“There was no damage to any equipment. Investigation is in progress along with civil agencies.”
Dilbagh Singh, the police chief of India-occupied Kashmir, said in a statement that a “drone with payload” was suspected to have been used to “drop the explosive material”.
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan said those who had met the “killer of Gujarat and occupied Kashmir” were not representatives of the Kashmiris by any stretch of imagination. Dawn/File
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan on Friday said that Kashmiri leaders who went to New Delhi and shook hands and exchanged pleasantries with Narendra Modi and Amit Shah had rubbed salt into the wounds of the Kashmiri nation.
“Mr Modi’s hands are stained with the blood of innocent people whether in Gujarat or in India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir,” he said while speaking at a function here.
EU s Strategic Engagement Plan ushered in new era of solid cooperation: FM Qureshi geo.tv - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from geo.tv Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.