Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi who is on an official visit to the UK met with eminent British Pakistani leaders and community representatives hailing from Kashmir at the Pakistan House on September 26, 2021.

Lauding the positive role being played by the Pakistani Kashmiri community in highlighting Indian human rights abuses in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK), the Foreign Minister apprised them of the steps being taken by the Government of Pakistan to advance the Kashmir cause, and raise awareness about the humanitarian and human rights situation in IIOJK. In this regard, the Government of Pakistan, relying on credible international sources, had recently compiled a Dossier detailing over 3,000 war crimes perpetrated by the Indian occupation forces.

Foreign Minister Qureshi lauded the recent debate in the British Parliament, laying bare once more, Indian atrocities in IIOJK. He encouraged the British Pakistani community to play its role in bringing to light the human rights and humanitarian abuses. He assured the Kashmiri leadership that Pakistan will continue to lend the Kashmiris’ just struggle for self-determination, full political, moral and diplomatic support till the realization of their inalienable right in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions, and the wishes of the people of IIOJK.