ONCE again the Azad Jammu and Kashmir prime minister has accused India of using chemical weapons against defenceless Kashmiris. Earlier, the AJK president and Pakistan`s Foreign Office (FO) had accused Indian forces of using chemical agents to kill unarmed protestors (Dawn Dec 7, 2017).
Being a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), India can`t produce or use such weapons. It is unprecedented for the world`s largest democracy to use chemical weapons against civilians.
Amnesty International and other human rights organisations should verify this allegation. Besides, our FO should invoke the CWC`s `challenge inspection` clause.
Under it, India stands bound to the principle of `anytime, anywhere` inspections (by the CWC Director-General) with no right of refusal.
