PoK ‘shame’ for Pak at UN meet

Terming the area as the ‘‘last colony’’ after the British rule, he spoke of denial of basic ‘‘human rights and unfair treatment to the people’’ and said ‘‘no opportunity is given to the people even to express their grievances’’.

In a compliment to New Delhi, Choudhury said that on the other side of Line of Control ‘‘despite dominant gun culture, political activities are allowed to all sections of Kashmiri community.’’

Another senior separatist leader Shaukat Kashmiri raised objection to terming PoK as ‘‘Azad Kashmir’’ and said the puppet regime in the PoK was trying to mislead the world by claiming it as ‘‘free’’.

The separatist leader said the so-called ‘‘Azad Kashmir’’ was being ruled by despots nominated by Pakistan while the occupied northern areas were without any constitutional status and the people were even denied self-rule.

‘‘Political activists standing up for the rights of the people are harassed and tortured,’’ he said.