Islamabad: Pakistan has handed over a dossier to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on alleged human rights violations in Kashmir, the country’s top security body was informed on Friday.
The National Security Committee in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was informed that the premier handed over a dossier documenting “the systematic human rights violations by India” in Kashmir to Guterres during the UN General Assembly, reports PTI.
Abbasi also urged the UN to appoint a special envoy to Kashmir.
The National Security Committee’s meeting was attended by Minister for Finance, Minister for Foreign Affairs, all three services’ chiefs and senior civil and military officials, according to an official statement.
“The Committee condemned human rights violation in Kashmir and expressed deep concern over the ceasefire violations across the Line of Control,” the statement said.
The Committee was briefed that the prime minister and Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif had engaged the leadership of several important countries to share Pakistan’s perspective on regional and global security challenges.
The outcomes of the prime minister’s visit to New York for the UN General Assembly were shared with the Committee, the statement said.
