New Delhi: India has slammed Pakistan for excesses committed against civilians in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), calling for accountability for its “horrific” human rights violations.

“We have seen reports on protests in several areas of Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir, including brutalities by Pakistani forces on innocent civilians,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said during the weekly briefing on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT

The unrest is a “natural consequence of Pakistan’s oppressive” approach towards the region, he further stated.

“We believe that it is a natural consequence of Pakistan’s oppressive approach and its systemic plundering of resources from these territories, which remain under its forcible and illegal occupation. Pakistan m

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