"The 30 years of Islamic jihad and terror in Kashmir perpetrated by Pakistan has been completely ignored and overlooked by the world press," Aarti Tikoo Singh said.
Senior Indian journalist from Kashmir, Aarti Tikoo Singh at the US House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on 'Human Rights in South Asia' has said that there is no human rights activist and press in the world which feels it's their moral obligation to talk about victims of Pakistani terror in Kashmir.
"The 30 years of Islamic jihad and terror in Kashmir perpetrated by Pakistan has been completely ignored and overlooked by the world press," she said.
Lashing out further, Aarti Tikoo Singh said, "Why did they (terrorists) kill him (Shujaat Bukhari)? Because Shujaat wanted Pakistan to end violence and human rights abuse in Kashmir, they killed him because he wanted peace."
On 14 June 2018, Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Srinagar, terror group banned by the United States that perpetrated Mumbai terror attacks.
On Tuesday, US acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice G Wells lashed out Islamabad saying Pakistan's continued support to extremist, terrorists to engage in cross-border terrorism is "chief obstacle" for a direct dialogue between India-Pakistan.
Alice G Wells informed Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that though the US supports for a direct dialogue between India and Pakistan according to Simla agreement, however, the main obstacle is Islamabad's support to terrorists who are indulging in cross-border terrorism.
"We believe that direct dialogue between India and Pakistan, as outlined in the 1972 Simla Agreement, holds the most potential for reducing tensions. Restarting a productive bilateral dialogue requires building trust, and the chief obstacle remains Pakistan's continued support for extremist groups that engage in cross-border terrorism," Wells said.
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