"The Foreign Secretary briefed ambassadors of the Permanent Members of the Security Council (China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and USA) over the tense situation in Indian occupied Kashmir and expressed Pakistan's serious concern over the brutal killings of civilians and violation of their other fundamental human rights by the Indian Security Forces," said Nafees Zakaria, spokesperson for the Foreign Office.
He said that the Foreign Secretary urged the international community and particularly the permanent members of the UN Security Council to take notice of the gravity of the situation in IoK, call on India to respect human rights of the people of IoK and implement UN Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that ambassadors were informed that due to the excessive use of force against civilians protesting the killing of Kashmir leader Burhan Wani, more than 30 innocent people have lost their lives and more than 350 have been injured so far.
He said that the foreign secretary emphasised that India should conduct a fair and transparent inquiry against the individuals responsible for these killings.
The Foreign Secretary said that killings of innocent Kashmiri people could not be condoned under the pretext of terrorism. He observed that the just struggle of the Kashmiri people for their right to self-determination cannot be equated with terrorism.
Expressing serious concerns over the situation, the Foreign Secretary on Monday summoned Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale and conveyed that the use of excessive force against innocent civilians protesting peacefully over extrajudicial killings is deplorable and a blatant violation of the Right to Life, Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion, Right to Peaceful Protest, Right to Peaceful Assembly and other fundamental rights.
In response, the spokesperson for Indian External Affairs Ministry Vikas Swarup, described the issue as an "internal affairs".
"We have seen statements from Pakistan on the situation in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. They reflect Pakistan's continued attachment to terrorism and its usage as an instrument of state policy. Pakistan is advised to refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of its neighbours", Swarup said in a statement.
The Foreign Office has also called in ambassadors in important capitals for envoy conference later this month which would also discuss the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir, besides other important policy matters, sources said.
They said that Prime Minister's Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi is supervising the arrangements for the conference which would issue a policy guidelines to the ambassadors on important issues to be taken up with the host countries including the involvement of Indian RAW in terrorist activities in Pakistan.