Pakistan, June 30 -- Kashmiri leaders Sunday strongly condemned India's repressive measures in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), accusing the Indian government of using these tactics to silence the local population while diverting attention from its growing international decline.

While in a fresh conversation with PTV news channel, they argued that India's heavy-handed approach, particularly ahead of the Amarnath Yatra, was an attempt to mask its faltering global influence and shift focus away from its deteriorating international image.

Syed Manzoor Ahmad, senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), expressed that India's increased deployment of security forces in IIOJK is a deliberate tactic to cover up its fa...