Pakistan accuses India of changing J&K's demography

In a statement released by Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry made the remarks while briefing the Islamabad-based Ambassadors of OIC countries ahead of the ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ on Thursday.

"The Foreign Secretary paid tribute to the huge sacrifices made by Kashmiri Muslims in Indian Occupied Kashmir in their struggle in the face of Indian atrocities. He highlighted the brutalities committed by the Indian security forces in the Occupied Kashmir to suppress the indigenous Kashmiri movement against Indian rule and quoted the staggering figures of Kashmiris killed, women widowed and dishonored, and children orphaned in gross human rights violations in IOK," read the statement.

"Stating that no elections in IOK could be a substitute to the Plebiscite under the auspices of the UN, he expressed deep concern over the policies of the present Hindu nationalist BJP Government aimed at changing the demographic makeup of Jammu and Kashmir by settling non-State subjects in IOK and turning Muslim majority there into a minority and dividing the population on ethnic, religious and communal lines," it said.

He stressed that the peace in the region would remain elusive without the resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Resolutions that call for a free and fair plebiscite to determine the wishes of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.