"They Turned PoK Into A Graveyard": Kashmiri Woman Who Slammed Pakistan At UN
Speaking to NDTV, Akhtar said Pakistan's biggest falsehood was referring to PoK as "Azad Kashmir". A young woman from Baramulla has taken the plight of people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to the international stage, speaking out against Islamabad's crackdown on protests in the region at the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Tasleema Akhtar later spoke to NDTV from Geneva about her intervention, saying she was not afraid to speak plainly and challenge what she called Pakistan's false narratives. Tasleema Akhtar is a socio-political activist associated with the Association of Terror Victims in Kashmir (ATVK). Addressing the UNHRC General Assembly in Geneva, she raised concerns over the human rights situation in PoK, accusing Pakistani security forces of firing on civilians who were peacefully demanding basic rights. "There should be an independent probe into each killing with free and fair access to information related to all cases,...