India on Friday strongly criticised Pakistan over the spiralling unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoJK), holding Islamabad responsible for grave human rights abuses and systemic exploitation of the region.

Reacting to reports of violent demonstrations and the brutal use of force by Pakistani security personnel against civilians, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the turmoil was the inevitable outcome of Pakistan’s “oppressive and extractive policies”.

”We have seen reports on protests in several areas of Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir, including brutalities by Pakistani forces on innocent civilians. We believe this is a natural consequence of Pakistan’s oppressive approach and its systemic plundering of resources from these territories, which rem

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