KARACHI, Pakistan

Pakistan on Wednesday reaffirmed its unflinching support and solidarity with the Kashmiris accusing India of stretching the lockdown in Indian-administered Kashmir to 150 days.

“As part of our unstinted moral, political and diplomatic support for the Kashmir cause, Pakistan will continue to raise at all international forums the plight of over 8 million innocent Kashmiris under the brutal occupation of 900,000 Indian security personnel, persecuting them day and night with impunity,” a statement from the Foreign Ministry said.

Terming India’s claims of normalcy returning to the region “farcical”, Islamabad called for urgent and effective steps by the world

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