Pakistan seeks UN intervention as India changes law on disputed Kashmir raising fears New Delhi could alter demography of Muslim-majority region
People hold banners and chant slogans during a rally in solidarity with the people of Kashmir, in Lahore, Pakistan August 5, 2019.
In a letter addressed to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, he said Pakistan opposes any steps by India that alters the demographic structure of the disputed region which could materially affect the plebiscite arrangements to be held under the UN auspices. India's imposition of an unprecedented communications blackout and deployment of thousands of troops in India-administered Kashmir hours before stripping the region of a special agreement in place for decades was sharply criticised by global rights groups.
Drawing the UN's attention towards fresh deployment of 10,000 Indian troops to Kashmir, Pakistani FM Mehmood said, "the Indian occupied Kashmir is already the most militarised zone in the world, with over 700,000 troops deployed for several decades."Also on Monday, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation with Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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