Govt urged to refer Kashmir issue to ICJ in wake of Myanmar verdict
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: Senior counsel Mohammad Akram Sheikh on Thursday suggested to the federal government to refer to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) the matter of violation of human rights and lockdown of eight million Kashmiri people by Indian forces in occupied Kashmir in the wake of the top UN court´s landmark verdict against the Myanmar government in a case related to Rohingya Muslims´ genocide. In a statement issued from The Haque, Netherlands, Advocate Sheikh asked the government to request the ICJ to examine atrocities being committed by the Indian government and its security forces in its advisory jurisdiction and consider...