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India using chemical munitions in Kashmir: FO :bs::bs::bs:
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday called for an international probe into reports that India used chemical munitions in held Kashmir against civilians.
“We call upon the international community, particularly, relevant international organisations to initiate investigations into reports” about “Indian forces in IoK using ammunition containing chemical agents and precursors to kill Kashmiri youth and destroy Kashmiris’ properties,” FO spokesman Nafees Zakaria said at his weekly media briefing.
He cited the discovery of charred bodies of Kashmiri youth from the debris of five houses destroyed by the Indian forces at Bahmnoo and Kakpora in Pulwama, which had been burnt beyond visual recognition.
The spokesman claimed that more similar attacks had been committed by the Indian Army. “If use of chemicals in the ammunition is confirmed, then it would constitute a serious violation of international norms and India’s international obligations under Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),” he said.
A series of international treaties, specifically the CWC, prohibits the use of chemical weapons not only in international armed conflicts but also non-international armed conflicts rather in all circumstances.
It is the first time that such a serious allegation has been levelled by Pakistan against India.
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday called for an international probe into reports that India used chemical munitions in held Kashmir against civilians.
“We call upon the international community, particularly, relevant international organisations to initiate investigations into reports” about “Indian forces in IoK using ammunition containing chemical agents and precursors to kill Kashmiri youth and destroy Kashmiris’ properties,” FO spokesman Nafees Zakaria said at his weekly media briefing.
He cited the discovery of charred bodies of Kashmiri youth from the debris of five houses destroyed by the Indian forces at Bahmnoo and Kakpora in Pulwama, which had been burnt beyond visual recognition.
The spokesman claimed that more similar attacks had been committed by the Indian Army. “If use of chemicals in the ammunition is confirmed, then it would constitute a serious violation of international norms and India’s international obligations under Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),” he said.
A series of international treaties, specifically the CWC, prohibits the use of chemical weapons not only in international armed conflicts but also non-international armed conflicts rather in all circumstances.
It is the first time that such a serious allegation has been levelled by Pakistan against India.