Ending humanitarian nightmare in IoK a responsibility: Foreign Secretary
- By Web Desk -
- Oct 25, 2019
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood says the international community has the moral and political responsibility to immediately bring an end to the humanitarian nightmare in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
He was addressing the Islamabad-based diplomats at an event to mark the 74th United Nations Day, Radio Pakistan reported.
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