High Commissioner Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri urges world to stand with Kashmiris

Canberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week urged the world to stand with the Kashmiris amid Indian oppression.

“Senator @DavidShoebridge remarked that Kashmir faces one of the harshest military occupations, with 900,000 troops deployed. The world must not ignore these human rights abuses,” he posted on X, citing international support for the Kashmiris.

Annually since 1947, October 27 is commemorated as one of the darkest days for the people of Kashmir.

It was following the long freedom struggle from British colonial rule which resulted in the independence of India and Pakistan, that Indian troops positioned themselves in Kashmir’s largest city, Srinagar to occupy the Valley.

The anniversary of India’s action is observed by Kashmiris and opponents of its long-drawn occupation as “Black Day”.

In October 2017, the Indian army launched what is referred to as “Operation All Out.” Under this policy, Indian occupation troops were given carte blanche to shoot and kill any Kashmiri youth suspected of being a “militant” or even a “militant sympathizer.”

This shoot-to-kill order has augmented the already oppressive law, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, under which Indian colonial troops are exempt from prosecution if they kill innocent Kashmiris.