NEW DELHI: India today reacted sharply to remarks by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, saying terrorism is the “grossest violation” of human rights and should be so acknowledged by any impartial and objective observer.
It also asserted that the unrest in the Valley has been “aggravated by sustained cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan”.
Maintaining that the UNHCHR has received conflicting narratives on the cause for the confrontations in the Valley, External Affairs Ministry said there is no comparison between the situation in the Indian state of J&K and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
“The former has a democratically elected Government, while the latter has seen a Pakistani diplomat arbitrarily appointed as its head,” it said reacting to UN High Commissioner on Human Rights’ suggestion asking India and Pakistan to grant it “unconditional access” to both sides on the Line of Control to establish an “objective assessment” of the situation in Kashmir. (AGENCIES)
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