World must speak with “one voice” to urge India to desist from altering IIOJK demographics: FO

ISLAMABAD, Nov 17 (APP): Pakistan on Thursday urged the world to speak with one voice to urge India to desist from altering the demographics of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir through coercion and by unilateral and illegal means.
“The world must speak with one voice to urge India to desist from altering the demographics of IIOJK through coercion and by unilateral and illegal means. It must immediately undo all subsequent legal and administrative measures that aim to rob the Kashmiri people of the democratic majority and their ethnic identity,” newly appointed Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in her maiden weekly press briefing here.
She said Pakistan wished to remind the world that the only durable solution to the Jammu and Kashmir dispute lies in holding a free and impartial plebiscite as espoused in relevant UN Security Council resolutions, to enable the people of Kashmir to exercise their right of self-determination.
Highlighting the major diplomatic engagements during the last two weeks, the spokesperson apprised the media of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s participation in COP 27 World Leaders Summit from November 6-8 in Sharm El-Sheikh.
She said the visit gave Pakistan an opportunity to highlight the climate-induced flood catastrophe in Pakistan and the impact of climate change particularly being faced by the developing countries.
The spokesperson said the prime minister co-chaired with Norwegian and Egyptian counterparts, a High-Level Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainability of Vulnerable Communities besides attending Middle East Green Initiative Summit.
She told the media that Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari undertook a visit to Saudi Arabia from November 9-10 and co-chaired the Joint Sub-Committee meeting of inaugural session of the Ministerial Committee of the Political and Security Pillar of the Saudi-Pakistan Supreme Coordination Committee (SPSCC).
He also held a meeting with Secretary General of the GCC to discuss regional situation in Afghanistan and recent floods in Pakistan with a focus on Pakistan-GCC cooperation to mitigate the impact of climate change.
The European Union Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson visited Pakistan from November 13-14 and visited Peshawar and held meetings with relevant authorities on border management.
The EU Commissioner’s visit focused on migration related matters, including readmission and return of illegal migrants. She also announced launch of Pakistan-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue in the first half of next year.
She said in a positive development, United Kingdom has officially removed Pakistan from its list of ‘High Risk Third Countries’, in accordance with the decision taken by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
Briefing the newsmen about the verdict in 2021 Dasu terrorist attack case, the spokesperson said it had once again demonstrated Pakistan’s abiding commitment to counterterrorism.
She said Pakistan remained committed to the safety and security of Chinese workers, projects and institutions in Pakistan and believed that the “ironclad” Pakistan-China All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership would never be undermined by hostile forces.