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LHC bar demands referendum in occupied Kashmir

RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has called upon the world community to force India to withdraw its forces from occupied Kashmir and hold referendum to decide the future of Kahsmiris.

The bar in its meeting held with its President, Pir Syed Kaleem Khurshid here Friday held the Indian forces responsible for the killings of Sikhs in the valley. The meeting maintained that the UN has become puppet of America as it is only watching the American interests or the interests of the European community.

The bar observed, if the UN could arrange referendum for the Christians of Indonesia, why it could not arrange for the Kashmiri people.