Day: January 9, 2021

Srinagar, January 09, 2021 (PPI-OT): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, an Indian army porter was injured in a landmine blast at Tanghdar in Kupwara district. The injured porter was rushed to sub-district hospital Tanghdar where he was referred to Bone and Joints Hospital in Srinagar for advance treatment. The injured porter was shifted to Srinagar late evening. A police officer said the porter has suffered serious foot injuries.

The police officer identified the injured as Showkat Ahmad Chak, resident of Tanghdar Nard. It is worth mentioning here that Indian Army uses civilians as conscripts in areas located close to the Line of Control for transportation of its weapon and other goods to advanced posts.

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United Nations, January 09, 2021 (PPI-OT): Pakistan has called on a United Nations committee to review, on an urgent basis, the consultative status with the UN of a group of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) engaged in a massive disinformation campaign to “damage the reputation and hurt the interests of a member state”.

In a letter to Chairman of the Committee on NGOs, Mohamed Sallam Adam, Ambassador Munir Akram drew his attention to the “startling revelations” made by EU DisinfoLab, a Brussels-based independent and non-profit organization, about the “blatant abuse” by at least 10 NGOs of their consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

Published last month, EU DisinfoLab’s extensive report exposed a 15-year disinformation campaign by these NGOs to push a pro-India agenda in the European Union (EU) and the UN bodies and to discredit Pakistan.

As the NGO Committee is mandated to regulate the United Nations’ relationship with non-governmental organizations, the Pakistani envoy said, it must urgently take up this matter and initiate the process of reviewing the consultative status of these NGOs in its upcoming session and to hold a discussion on this “important issue”.

“It is equally important that the Committee undertake comprehensive review of its working methods with a view to prevent such abuse by fake NGOs in the future,” Ambassador Akram wrote. The fake NGOs, it was pointed out, used identity theft, impersonation of UN and EU institutions, resurrection of dead people and dormant NGOs, and creation of dubious credentials to get access to UN events and carry out subversive activities.

The network behind these NGOs also created more than 750 fake media outlets and 550 website domain names to amplify their activities and disseminate propaganda and fake news. “The NGO Committee is entrusted with the responsibility to regularly monitor the evolving relationship between the non-governmental organizations and the United Nations with a view to ensure that their engagement remains in conformity with the spirit, purposes and principles of the UN Charter,” the letter said.

The Pakistani envoy also underscored the imperative need for the NGO committee to ensure that a small minority of fake and dubious NGOs is not allowed to abuse the reputation of all other legitimate and respectable members of the NGO community.

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Srinagar, January 09, 2021 (PPI-OT): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, black laws enforced by Modi-led fascist Indian government empower its troops to use force against innocent Kashmiris with impunity to suppress their sentiment for freedom. An analytical report released by Kashmir Media Service, today, said the draconian laws like Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) give Indian troops the license to kill and stifle political dissent in the occupied territory.

The report said that thousands of Kashmiris are presently languishing in Indian prisons under black laws while international rights bodies including Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and Amnesty International have called for release of the detainees and annulment of AFSPA, PSA and other black laws in IIOJK. It urged the global champions of human rights to speak for the Kashmiris’ rights and compel India to restore all their basic human rights.

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Jammu, January 09, 2021 (PPI-OT): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Devinder Singh Behl, Chairman of Social Peace Forum, has said that Narendra Modi government is planning to settle non-Kashmiri Hindus in the occupied territory by depriving the Gujjar Bakrwal community of their lands.

Devinder Singh Behl made these remarks during a visit to Lam Darhal Nowshera near the Line of Control (LoC) where he went to express solidarity with the Bakarwal families whose houses were destroyed in recent heavy snowfall and rains. Expressing solidarity with the affected families, he appealed to the wealthy to extend their support to them.

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Jammu, January 09, 2021 (PPI-OT): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader escaped unhurt after unknown gunmen attacked his vehicle in Jammu. An SUV vehicle belonging to one Liaquat Ali parked at Qasim Nagar, Jammu, was fired upon by pistol-borne men. Liaqat, a BJP leader, escaped unhurt in the attack. Police reached the spot and started the investigation even as preliminary investigations.

DIG Jammu-Kathua Range Vivek Gupta said that FIR has been registered and investigations have been taken up. “We will share the details later,” he added. It is worth mentioning here that attacks on locals associated with Hindu extremist organization BJP, which is behind revocation of Kashmir’s special status have increased manifold since Modi regime abrogated Article 370 in August 2019.

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Srinagar, January 09, 2021 (PPI-OT): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, International Forum for Justice and Human Rights JandK Chairman Mohammad Ahsan Untoo has expressed shock and anger over the inhuman treatment meted out to three youth, arrested on the fake allegation of killing Advocate Baber Qadri.

Police arrested Zahid Farooq, Asif Butt and Shahid Shafi on the charge while their families have refuted the police claim. Mohammad Ahsan Untoo visited the family of Zahid Farooq. He was informed by the sister of Zahid that they were denied a meeting with her brother for two months.

The IFJHR appealed to human rights organizations to intervene and save the young innocent boys from being convicted on false charges. Untoo said that another youth Syed Mohammad Ashraf of Batagund Dooru Shahabad is in jail for the past 16 years without any reason. Babar Qadri, a 40-year-old lawyer, was killed in firing by unknown gunmen in Hawal area of Srinagar on September 24, 2020.

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