Pakistan summons Indian diplomat over ‘shameless snatching of Syed Ali Geelani's body’

Pakistan on Friday summoned Indian Charge d’ Affaires to the Foreign Office and conveyed a strong demarche on Indian occupation forces’ “callous and inhuman” handling of the mortal remains of the iconic Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. “It was conveyed that the Indian Occupation Forces’ shameless act of snatching the body of Syed Ali Shah Geelani from his family and disallowing his burial according to his will, was in blatant violation of international humanitarian law and all tenets of civil and human rights,” the Foreign Office Spokesperson said in a statement. Indian occupation forces have repeatedly resorted to indiscriminate use of force against Kashmiris protesting against their inhuman conduct. Read more: In absentia funeral prayers offered for Geelani in Islamabad Thousands of Indian security forces imposed a lockdown across Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on Friday after the death of the veteran Kashmiri leader. Dozens of citizens, angry at the refusal to let them pay a public tribute to Geelani, clashed with occupation forces for the second day, hurling stones at paramilitaries who chased them with batons. Geelani's son accused police of taking his father's body away to be buried in the middle of the night, hours after his death. The family said no relatives were allowed at the burial. A video widely shared on social media showed officers in a scuffle with Geelani's relatives before taking away his body that was wrapped in a Pakistani flag. Syed Ali Gilani's dead body covered with Pakistan's flag.#SyedAliGillani #FascistAgendaOfModi @DifaeyPakistan pic.twitter.com/u7h9ab9tRn — Talha Ch (@talhaabubakar5) September 3, 2021 Geelani, who had spent much of the past five decades in jail or under house arrest, had infuriated successive Indian governments with his pro-Pakistan stance and demands for a self-determination vote. The FO spokesperson, in the statement, said that in the likely event of the situation spiralling out of control and based on India’s irresponsible behaviour in similar situations in the past, there were possibilities of India stage-managing some mischief in the occupied territory to divert world attention and to apportion blame on Pakistan or Kashmiri Hurriyat leadership for its own indefensible actions in IIOJK. Also read: Pakistan to observe mourning day over demise of Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani It was emphasised to the envoy that India must refrain from any missteps that might further jeopardise regional peace. He was reminded of Pakistan’s consistent stance that the government of India must immediately lift the illegal military siege in IIOJK. "India should also desist from measures to change the demographic structure of the occupied territory, withdraw its over 900,000 occupation troops and cease all human rights violations in the IIOJK forthwith." The Indian envoy was conveyed Pakistan’s principled position that lasting and durable peace in the region was contingent on the peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant UNSC resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people, the spokesperson further said. Geelani was an uncompromising campaigner against Indian rule in the region divided between India and Pakistan since 1947. He was a staunch opponent of the Indian illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir and led Kashmiris’ struggle for their right to self-determination. The veteran politician was jailed for nearly 10 years after 1962 and often restricted to his home after that. Previously, he was a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir but later on founded his own party by the name of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat. He served as the chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a forum of freedom parties in Jammu and Kashmir. He served as a member of the Kashmir Assembly from the Sopore constituency of Jammu and Kashmir three times (1972, 1977 and 1987).

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