ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said that Indian troops continue to violate human rights in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IOK).

Addressing the Foreign Office?s weekly press briefing on Thursday, he also condemned the Indian forces' use of innocent Kashmiris as human shields.

?Muslims are facing difficulties while observing their religious duties in IOK,? he pointed out.

Reiterating the need for the international community to resolve the issue, he said that the ?international community should take notice of Indian atrocities in Kashmir.?

Zakaria has often raised the human rights violation issue in IOK. He had remarked that extremist organisation RSS tried its best to suppress the voice of people in IoK during his press briefing on May 18, adding Pakistan condemns the Indian massacre of innocent Kashmiris.

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India has also closed down about 36 television channels in IOK to suppress the voice of the people, he claimed. "The international community needs to play an important role in solving the Kashmir issue," he had remarked.

Recently, the intensity of Indian troops' atrocities in IOK have increased with troops using people as human shields and firing pellets at women and children.