Srinagar : In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC), Syed Ali Gilani, has said that India is escalating tension on the Line of Control to divert world attention from the ongoing uprising in the territory.
Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said, “To mislead their own people and international community Line of Control is being kept hot and tense by India so that gross human rights violations by Indian armed forces for the last seven decades particularly during the present uprising are hushed up in the thunders of guns roaring on LoC.â€
The APHC Chairman expressed deep concern over the loss of precious lives in the recent Indian shelling on the LoC. He said that the regular collision between armed men on the LoC was not surprising, but attacking the common people, passenger buses and ambulances carrying the injured by the Indian forces was the most cowardly act carried out under severe depression and frustration.
Syed Ali Gilani maintained that India on one hand had forcibly taken control of the land of Jammu and Kashmir, tarnishing and mutilating every fabric of legality and democracy, and on the other, enslaved the whole populace against their will. “It is most brazenly and shamelessly targeting the civilians across the LoC. The bullets can’t differentiate between armed men and civilians and the bloody line across our homeland is turned deep red with the blood of Kashmiris with each passing day. Whole responsibility lies on the Indian rulers and all the freedom and peace loving people of Indian should catch them by their neck and question them that how long they need the blood and honour of innocents to retain their power,†he said.
The APHC Chairman warned that confrontation between India and Pakistan would prove devastating not only for the region but also for the whole world. He pointed out that the risk of collision between the two nuclear powers would remain unless the Kashmir dispute was resolved in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of Ummat-e-Islami, Qazi Yasir, addressing a gathering in Achabal area of Islamabad district expressed serious concern over the tension on the LoC between Pakistan and India. He said that the Kashmir dispute was the core issue between the two countries and its settlement was essential for ensuring durable peace in the region. He also demanded immediate release of illegally detained Hurriyet leaders and activists including Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Maulana Sarjan Barkati, Khurram Parvez and Sajjad Hashmi