ISLAMABAD, July 25 (DNA): Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on
Kashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi has condemned the draconian laws by India
to shrink cyber space for Kashmiris.
Addressing the participants of a seminar held here under the aegis of
All Parties Hurriyat Conference that Indian act of muzzling voices of
Kashmiris was a clear violation of the United Nations Conventions which
guarantee and safeguard Freedom of Speech and expression.
He said that India is using the draconian laws like the Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) to silence the voices of the Kashmiri
people on Social Media applications and other platforms. However, he
said, India can’t succeed in its vicious plan.
Afridi said that Pakistan would take up the matter with the UN and other
international diplomatic forums. “We will never allow India to deprive
Kashmiris from their basic right of freedom of speech and expression.
The world must take cognizance of the violation of the freedom right of
the Kashmiris,” he said.
Afridi also condemned the arrest journalists and senior Hurriyat leader
under this Act which include Masrat Alam Bhat, Aasiya Andrabi, Nahida
Nasreen, Fahmeeda Sofi, Yasin Malik, Shabir Shah, Altaf Shah, Ayaz
Akbar, Mehrajudin Kalwal and others. He said the law terrorizes Kashmir
population because it gives unbridled power to the Indian occupant
state.
“It is not only criminalizes India’s own constitution but also it
endangers the concept of fair trial,” he said. The draconian law
empowers Indian government to proscribe even individuals as “terrorists”
and jail them for at least seven years, if convicted, he said.
Afridi said that Kashmiri and Pakistani diaspora in across the world
must raise the draconian laws being used by India to muzzle the Kashmiri
voices and the world needed to be informed of the racist agenda being
pursued by India’s fascist regime of Narendra Modi.
He said its about time that Indian minorities must raise their voices
for Kashmiris because the Kashmiris and Indian minorities were being
targeted by Sanghi fascist and racist killers the same way.
![PESHAWAR, JAN 12 /DNA/ - Owing to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's precarious law and order circumstances, the provincial assembly has written a letter to the Peshawar corps commander seeking an in-camera briefing on ongoing operations and the security situation in the province. "The [special] Committee desires to receive a detailed briefing from Headquarters XI Corps, Peshawar, particularly in the context of the ongoing operations being conducted by the federal government and LEAs in the merged districts of KP," reads the letter issued by KP Assembly Deputy Secretary Tariq Noor, while referring to the Special Committee (on Security) constituted by the house. The committee features more than 40 members, including the leader of the house, the leader of the opposition and provincial ministers, along with parliamentary leaders of respective political parties. The letter, dated January 8, also points out that the committee has received detailed briefings from key stakeholders, including the chief secretary, the additional chief secretary, the IGP, and now seeks a briefing as part of the consultative process. Letter written by KP Assemblys deputy secretary to Headquarters XI Corps. — Reporter Letter written by KP Assembly's deputy secretary to Headquarters XI Corps. — Reporter The KP Assembly's request for a briefing from a senior army commander comes as the province, as stated by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry in a recent media briefing, accounted for nearly 71% of all the terrorist incidents in 2025. The overwhelming share of KP in facing terror incidents, as per the military's spokesperson, was due to a "politically conducive environment and the flourishing political-criminal-terror-nexus" in the province. Noting that the Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in KP was resisting counterterrorism efforts at every forum — a claim denied by the PTI — Lt Gen Chaudhry highlighted that the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) carried out 75,175 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across the country in 2025, of which 14,658 IBOs were conducted in KP. Out of the total 5,397 terrorism incidents reported nationwide in the previous year, as many as 3,811 incidents occurred in KP. The issue of terrorism and military operations has been a point of contention between the PTI's KP government and the Centre in recent times, where the former has time and again stressed a political solution and dialogue, whereas the latter has pressed on with taking action against the terrorists. This is also reflected by the KP Assembly's letter to the Headquarters XI Corps, Peshawar, which says that the Special Committee (on Security) "acknowledges the importance of security measures but considers that operation alone without broader political, social and developmental initiatives may not ensure suitable peace and stability and could risk further unrest in the province".](https://islamabadpost.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/security-forces-218x150.jpg "KP Assembly seeks Peshawar corps commander’s in-camera briefing on security situation")
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