Summary Pakistan has open permission to foreign observers to visit Azad Kashmir: Qureshi
MULTAN (Web Desk) - Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi and US Senator Chris Van Hollen Saturday reiterated demand for lifting of curfew and communications blackout in the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IoJ&K).
The US Senator Chris Van Hollen accompanying US Ambassador to Pakistan Paul W.Jones paid a visit to the Shrine of Hazrat Bahauddin Zakriya on first day of 780th three-day Urs ceremonies to pay respect to the renowned saint.
Taking to media along with US Senator Chris Hallen in Multan, he said the US Senator was denied permission to visit Occupied Kashmir to witness the situation there.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said international community must play its role in forcing India to lift inhuman curfew restrictions in Occupied Kashmir.
The Foreign Minister said Pakistan has open permission to foreign observers to visit Azad Kashmir.
He questioned why India is not permitting foreign observers to visit Occupied Kashmir, if everything is normal and it has nothing to hide from outside world.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi said innocent Kashmiris are under curfew for the last 62 days and they have been deprived of their basic human rights.
He said India is committing gross human rights violations in the held territory.
