<p>Pakistan on Sunday asked the international community to urge India to release all political prisoners in Kashmir and allow unfettered access to medical and other essential supplies there.</p>.<p>The Foreign Office in a statement alleged that thousands of Kashmiri youth, members of civil society, journalists and Kashmiri leaders were in prisons, many of them at undisclosed locations and away from their families.</p>.<p>It asked the international community to "urgently demand from India the lifting of communication restrictions and allowing unfettered access to medical and other essential supplies."</p>.<p><a href="http://For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>"The Indian government must also be urged to immediately allow the release of all political prisoners from Indian jails,," it added.</p>.<p>Tensions between India and Pakistan have spiked since New Delhi abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August last year.</p>.<p>India's decision evoked strong reactions from Pakistan, which downgraded diplomatic ties and expelled the Indian envoy.</p>.<p>India has categorically told the international community that the scrapping of the Article 370 was its internal matter. It also advised Pakistan to accept the reality and stop all anti-India propaganda. </p>
<p>Pakistan on Sunday asked the international community to urge India to release all political prisoners in Kashmir and allow unfettered access to medical and other essential supplies there.</p>.<p>The Foreign Office in a statement alleged that thousands of Kashmiri youth, members of civil society, journalists and Kashmiri leaders were in prisons, many of them at undisclosed locations and away from their families.</p>.<p>It asked the international community to "urgently demand from India the lifting of communication restrictions and allowing unfettered access to medical and other essential supplies."</p>.<p><a href="http://For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>"The Indian government must also be urged to immediately allow the release of all political prisoners from Indian jails,," it added.</p>.<p>Tensions between India and Pakistan have spiked since New Delhi abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August last year.</p>.<p>India's decision evoked strong reactions from Pakistan, which downgraded diplomatic ties and expelled the Indian envoy.</p>.<p>India has categorically told the international community that the scrapping of the Article 370 was its internal matter. It also advised Pakistan to accept the reality and stop all anti-India propaganda. </p>