Briefing Given to the Diplomatic Corps regarding the impact of OHCHR’s Report on Human Rights Situation in Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir and the Martyrdom of Journalist, Shujaat Bukhari

A briefing for Islamabad-based Head of Missions was held today regarding the recent Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), “Report on the situation of human rights in Kashmir: Developments in the Indian State of Jammu & Kashmir from June 2016 to April 2018 and general human rights…

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Pakistan welcomes recommendation for a Commission of Inquiry for Human Rights violations in IoK

 Pakistan welcomes the proposal by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to establish a Commission of Inquiry for international investigation into human rights violations in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IoK).  This proposal is consistent with Pakistan’s several calls to this effect since 2016, even as India has continued to ignore legitimate demands…

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Pakistan’s reaction to the UN report on Human Rights violations in Kashmir

Pakistan welcomes the proposal by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to establish a Commission of Inquiry for international investigation into human rights violations in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IoK). This proposal is consistent with Pakistan’s several calls to this effect since 2016, even as India has continued to ignore legitimate demands…

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Pakistan rejects Indian protest against Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution (13th Amendment) Act 2018 and its claim over Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir

The Government of Pakistan categorically rejects India’s protest against the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution (13thAmendment) Act 2018 and its fallacious and baseless claim over the Indian occupied State of Jammu & Kashmir as an ‘integral part’ of India. The Indian claim has no legal basis and continues to be contradicted by the situation…

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Message by the Foreign Minister of Pakistan on the ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ 06 April, 2018

For the last 70 years the valiant people of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir are waging a heroic struggle against Indian oppression, for the realization of the inalienable right to self-determination which has been envisaged in the United Nations Security Council resolutions. These resolutions remain unimplemented because India has backed out of its commitments and…

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Jammu and Kashmir dispute draws attention of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations Geneva

The dispute of Jammu and Kashmir, with focus on India’s human rights violation, has featured prominently during the ongoing session of United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland.   In his annual report to the HRC, the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein regretted India’s denial of unconditional access…

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First South-South Human Rights Forum held in Beijing on December 7-8, 2017.

  Pakistan’s Permanent Representative, Ambassador Farukh Amil, calls for focusing on People oriented climate-friendly strategies for development in cognizance of cultural and national sensitivities and priorities Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Farukh Amil, has called for recourse to technology, improving access to trading opportunities, fostering peace and harmony through resolution…

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Pakistan elected as President of UN Commission on Investment, Enterprise and Development

Ambassador Farukh Amil, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations in Geneva has been elected today as President of the Commission on Investment, Enterprise and Development of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva, Switzerland.   The Commission on Investment, Enterprise and Development is an important UN forum which brings…

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Foreign Minister presents Pakistan’s National Report at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif today presented Pakistan’s national report on Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the Human Rights Council in Geneva. This was the third report by Pakistan since the inception of UPR process in 2006, the first two being in 2008 and 2012. The Foreign Minister outlined the wide range of legislative, institutional,…

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Foreign Minister presents Pakistan’s National Report at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva – 13 November 2017

Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif today presented Pakistan’s national report on Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the Human Rights Council in Geneva. This was the third report by Pakistan since the inception of UPR process in 2006, the first two being in 2008 and 2012. The Foreign Minister outlined the wide range of legislative, institutional,…

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OIC Ambassadors meet UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to discuss persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar — urged the Government of Myanmar to stop violence against the Rohingya Muslims

The Permanent Representative of Pakistan, Ambassador Farukh Amil, in his capacity as the Coordinator of the OIC Group for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva, along with the Permanent Representatives of Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire, Malaysia, Turkey,  and the OIC Permanent Observer, met the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, to seek…

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OIC Ambassadors urge IOM and UNHCR to redouble their relief and rehabilitation efforts for the displaced Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar

The Permanent Representative of Pakistan, in his capacity as the Coordinator of the OIC Group for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva, along with the Permanent Representatives of Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire, Malaysia, Turkey, and the OIC Permanent Observer met Mr. William Lacy Swing, Director General International Organization of Migration (IOM) and Mr. Filippo Grandi,…

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Foreign Minister expresses deep anguish at the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims

Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has expressed deep anguish at the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. He emphasized that the plight of the Rohingya Muslims was a challenge to the conscience of the international community  In this context, the Foreign Minister supported: • OIC’s position condemning the renewed violence affecting the Rohingya Muslim minority resulting in thousands fleeing their homes as well as the systematic…

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