United Nations should fulfill its humanitarian obligations regarding Kashmir and Kashmiris. Resolve Kashmir and fulfill humanitarian obligations vis-a- vis flood hit Kashmiris... Yasin Malik visits worst hit Suthrashahi area and distributes relief among the affected………. Maqbool Manzil // United Nations should fulfill its humanitarian obligations regarding Kashmiris. Valley of Kashmir has been devastated by recent floods. Many experts have described it as one of the worst floods in the living memory of the region. The scale of damage to life, property and livelihood witnessed in Kashmir and the callous attitude of Indian state towards this human tragedy demands immediate international humanitarian response. International community should put pressure on Indian state to allow international humanitarian assistance inside Kashmir. This was stated by the chairman JKLF Mohammad Yasin Malik while talking to flood affected people of Suthrashahi in Srinagar today. While meeting flood affected people of Suthrashahi, Yasin sahib distributed relief material that included essentials like food, cereals and woolen clothes. Expressing solidarity with the people from the locality Yasin Malik said that the hundreds of old houses that have been lost in Suthrashahi to recent floods were symbols of our national heritage. While speaking to the people, Yasin sahib said that today United Nations is holding its general meeting and leaders of the international community are together seeking ways and means to address issues and problems confronting the world. Yasin said that the lack of urgency that Indian state has expressed in responding to the devastation in Kashmir is an outcome of the disputed nature of Kashmir issue. It is high time that UN should fulfill its duty towards resolving Kashmir issue. Disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed devastating disasters in last one decade, whether it was the devastating earthquake of 2005 or the recent floods the disputed nature of the territory added to our woes. During such calamites the disputed status of the region adds to the misery of the people and makes us vulnerable to insufficient and inadequate rescue, relief and rehabilitation. Globally whenever disasters of such scale have hit regions the international community has responded and helped the affected people proactively. Kashmir has been hit by unprecedented floods, hundreds of lives have been lost and property worth billions of dollars has been destroyed. Health infrastructure and the business center of Kashmir has been completely devastated. Even after three weeks of flood, hundreds of localities are still inundated. The sight of decomposing carcasses and heaps of garbage scattered across Srinagar city and other major towns raises serious health concerns. The threat of epidemic looms large in the region. Capital city of Srinagar, where major health infrastructure is located has been completely devastated. International community should immediately respond to this grim situation and try to help Kashmiris and fulfill its humanitarian obligations. JKLF chairman hoped that the international community and UN will break its silence on the Kashmir dispute and the consequent inadequate response of the Indian state. In these troubled times Kashmiri nation is looking towards international community and we are hopeful that international community will rise above their political positions and beliefs and will come forward and provide much needed help and assistance to kashmiris. Reiterating his call for an early release of all Kashmiris detunes and prisoners on bail or parole, Yasin Malik said that humanity and human instincts should prevail and these prisoners who want to know about well being of kith and kin should be given a chance to do so. Press and publicity division, Jammu Kashmir liberation front (JKLF) Maqbool Manzil Srinagar….
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 19:04:02 +0000