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PoK citizens tell alarming tales of Pak plans

Pakistan has changed the demography of Pak occupied Kashmir by systematically settling outsiders there.

The statement came from Mumtaz Khan on behalf of the European Union, at the 55th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva.

The session saw a large number of representatives from the PoK, where the state of human rights has touched its lowest, the EU said.

The EU public relations alleged that through another policy, Pakistan was brainwashing Kashmiri school children against their culture, language and history.

Things are worse in Gilgit and Baltistan, where though there is no insurgency or terrorism, there are intelligence agencies and the army. This is one region where people have no civil or constitutional rights, the EU alleged, and protests against this state of affairs are crushed by security forces and through sectarian clashes.

During the session, Zulfikar Khan Aziz, a political leader of Gilgit, said the Pakistani slogan for the right of self-determination for Kashmiris was a ploy to divert the world attention from PoK. Within the part of Kashmir under its occupation, Pakistan will not allow any movement for the right of self-determination. This slogan is only meant to incite Kashmiris on the Indian side, he said.

He said in Gilgit and Galtisan there were no job opportunities. ''We cannot even migrate to other countries because we are required to get exit permission from Pakistan though we are not part of Pakistan,'' he said.

In her statement, Helga Jurt said Pakistan nurtured the Harkat-ul-Ansar to unleash terror in Kashmir. This organisation, declared a terrorist outfit by the United States, claims of cleansing Kashmir of the Hindu minority.

UNI

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