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India has strongly condemned Pakistan’s actions in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, alleging that the Pakistani establishment has used ruthless force against peaceful civilians in the region, resulting in over forty deaths and numerous injuries in recent weeks.
At a weekly press briefing in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the Pakistani establishment’s response to civilian protests in the region had been marked by an alarming and disproportionate use of force, describing the resulting toll on peaceful demonstrators as a matter of serious international concern. He said the reported casualty figures, running into dozens of deaths alongside many injuries, pointed to a pattern of conduct that could not be dismissed as an isolated law and order incident.
Jaiswal said that India urges the international community to scrutinise Pakistan’s actions in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir closely and to hold the Pakistani establishment accountable for what he described as its atrocities against the local population. The remarks reflect New Delhi’s continuing position that the entirety of Jammu and Kashmir, including the portions currently under Pakistani administration, remains an integral part of India, and that developments in those areas are consequently a matter of direct concern to the Indian government.
The spokesperson’s comments come amid reports of sustained unrest in parts of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, where residents have in recent months raised grievances over issues ranging from taxation and subsidies to broader questions of political representation and civil liberties under Pakistani administration. India has periodically highlighted such unrest as evidence of governance failures in the region, using international forums and briefings such as Friday’s to press its case.
The Ministry of External Affairs statement is likely to draw a response from Islamabad, which has in the past rejected similar Indian assertions as interference in what it describes as an internal matter. Officials in New Delhi, however, maintain that human rights conditions in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir warrant sustained global attention, and Friday’s briefing is expected to be followed by further Indian statements on the issue in the coming days as the situation on the ground continues to be monitored closely by New Delhi.
