President Asif Ali Zardari has categorically rejected the polls for the Legislative Assembly of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), asserting that these polls are no substitute for the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination.
He stressed that such elections are unacceptable to the people of Kashmir and called upon the international community to hold the Modi government accountable for ongoing human rights violations in IIOJK. He further urged the need to take concrete steps toward conducting a plebiscite in line with relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions.
The President expressed these views while talking to a delegation of migrants from IIOJK, residing in Pakistan since 1989, led by Mr Uzair Ahmed Ghazali, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, on Wednesday.
India’s Kashmir is holding its first regional election since losing its autonomy, on August 5, 2019, with nine million voters set to elect members to a 90-seat legislature. This election is viewed as a referendum on the region’s special status, which was revoked by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leading to significant anger and fear in the Muslim-majority area.
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