PFP Demands UN Probe of nameless graves of Kashmir

Report: Aslam Mir
Muzaffarabad, April 10:Hundreds of people held a protest rally in capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Thursday to demand a UN probe into the recent discovery of about 1,000 nameless graves in 18 villages of north Kashmir’sBaramulladistrict. The protest was organized by renowned Human Rights group Press for Peace (PFP).
The participants of the rally including students, lawyers, journalists and civil society members gathered in Central Press Club Muzaffarabad and marched towards the UN Military Observes Group for India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) office.
They shouted slogans against what they called “Indian state terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.” Addressing the participants, deputy coordinator Press for Peace (PFP) Raja Wasim said the discovery of nameless graves in Baramulla is “shameful for the so-called largest democracy of the world.”
“Thousands of mothers in Kashmir are still waiting for their beloved sons but the discovery of these graves shows that their dears are no,” Wasim said. Representatives of PAK University student Madeha Khurshid and Baber Siddique, who along with hundreds of their colleagues were present on the occasion, termed the grave issue as a “black spot on the conscience of world community.”
Central leader of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in PAK Shaukat Javid Mir said the grave issue highlights the situation of Kashmir “where thousands of Kashmiris are still missing and world community ought to come forward and put pressure on India to make the whereabouts of the missing people.”
On behalf of journalistic community, Aurangzeb Jaral said, “We demand a thorough probe into this obnoxious and inhuman act.”