“Pakistan was well aware of the US policy on the Kashmir issue”
The US State Department on Tuesday expressed concern over the human rights situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the country’s Balochistan province.
US State Department spokesperson Mark C Toner said that the US was concerned the “human rights situation there and had reported it for several years in our Human Rights reportâ€.
“We do have concerns about the human rights situations there (PoK), the US has called for working out differences peacefully and through a “valid political process,†he said.
Toner also said that the US had always urged Pakistan to work out differences in its region peacefully and through a political process. He also said that Pakistan was well aware of the US policy on the Kashmir issue.
“We’ve obviously – are always urging all parties in Pakistan to work out their differences peaceably and through a valid political process,†he added while responding to a question about Pakistan Army’s oppression in Pakistan-held Kashmir and Balochistan during a press briefing in Washington.
Earlier this month, protesters took to streets in the Gilgit-Baltistan region against human rights abuses and brutality by the Pakistani security forces.