AJK President Sardar Masood Khan has called upon the UN Security Council to take serious cognizance of the horrible situation in occupied Kashmir.

He was addressing a conference titled "unlawful annexation of occupied Kashmir, holocaust and human crisis" held In Islamabad on Tuesday.

Sardar Masood said that under the UN Charter, it is the responsibility of the Security Council to play its role to avert a disastrous war in the region.

He said that all Indian actions including turning of Jammu and Kashmir state from the occupied territory into an Indian colony as well as bifurcation of the state are not only unlawful and immoral but these are also a violation of international laws and the UN resolutions.

Sardar Masood Khan said that India is carrying out ethnic cleansing and committing war crimes in occupied Jammu and Kashmir in order to force the Kashmiri people leave their native homeland.

The conference was also addressed by chairman parliamentary Kashmir committee Syed Fakhr Imam, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, member of UK Parliament Afzal Khan, and others.

Later, addressing all parties solidarity Kashmir conference organized by Ulema-Mushaikh Council Pakistan, Sardar Masood Khan said that role of ulema and mushaikh in motivating public opinion against the Indian actions is very essential and he had noted that ulema abroad are playing an important role in this regard.

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