ISLAMABAD: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has expressed grave concern about the ongoing situation in Indian illegally-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, describing it as a potential nuclear flashpoint in South Asia.
According to reports from Kashmir Media Service, the APHC leadership, in a statement released in Srinagar, expressed apprehension that the unresolved Kashmir dispute could catalyze a potential nuclear crisis in South Asia.
This concern arises because the region is the most heavily militarized zone in the world, with an excess of one million Indian troops stationed in cities, towns, and villages, brutally suppressing the Kashmiri people.
The APHC has called on the United Nations to intervene and help resolve the dispute, aiming to prevent a nuclear catastrophe in the region.
The leadership highlighted that security forces have set up roadblocks at many locations, causing pedestrians to endure lengthy waits in severe cold for security checks. Additionally, crackdowns are being conducted in various places where women and men are subjected to indiscriminate searches.
The APHC lamented the intensified cordon and search operations and house raids conducted by Indian forces’ personnel and Indian agencies like SIA and NIA. These operations have resulted in the arrest, torture, and harassment of the local population.
Furthermore, the APHC has called for the release of all illegally detained Hurriyat leaders, including individuals such as Muhammad Yasin Malik, Masarrat Aalam Butt, Aasiya Andrabi, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, and Nayeem Ahmed Khan, who are currently held in various jails in IIOJK and India.
The leadership emphasized that Kashmir is not just a political issue but also a humanitarian one, which can be resolved through comprehensive dialogue among concerned parties rather than through the implementation of coercive policies or military force. The ongoing harassment, killings, arrests, and human rights violations are deemed highly condemnable and regrettable in all respects. —APP
