Altaf Hameed Rao
MIRPUR (AJK): Kashmiris on both sides of Line of Control (LoC) are set to observe Jammu Martyrs Day on Monday (November 6), to commemorate the supreme sacrifices rendered by the Muslim residents of Jammu city on this day in 1947 while migrating to Pakistan.
Over 2.50 Muslim residents of Jammu city and adjoining areas were martyred on the 6th of November 1947 by the extremist Hindu gangsters backed by the Indian military soldiers and the despotic Dogra forces under a pre-planned conspiracy while they were on their way to Pakistan.
The day is observed every year by the Kashmiris to remember the great sacrifices of lives rendered by those over 2.50 lakh inmates of Jammu including men, women, children and elderly Muslims who were mercilessly slaughtered by the armed Hindu gangsters including the Indian occupying and the Dogra military troops near Jammu-Sialkot working boundary under a nefarious pre-planned conspiracy while they were proceeding for migrating to their beloved homeland.
In Azad Jammu Kashmir special ceremonies including seminars and symposiums will be held in all small and major towns of all ten districts of AJK including the capital city of Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Kotli, Bhimbher, Bagh, Rawalakot, Palandri, Havaili, Hattiyan and Neelam valley as well as in various parts of Pakistan – dwelled with Jammu Kashmir refugees, to pay glorious tributes to the Jammu martyrs.
In Mirpur, a mega congregation entitled “Jammu Martyrs Conference” will be held under the auspices of Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Movement and Milli Tehreek e Azadi Kashmir, said Aslam Malick, Convenor of AJK Chapter of the JK Freedom Movement.
Besides AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan, local MLA and Minister for Sports and Culture Ch. Muhammad Saeed, leading personalities from various parts of the country including AJK will address the conference.
The day will dawn with special prayers, at Fajr, in all the prominent mosques for the early liberation of occupied Jammu Kashmir from Indian yoke through the success of Kashmir freedom movement, progress, prosperity and stability of Pakistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Quran Khawani will be held at various places for Kashmiri martyrs under the auspices of various social, political and public representative organizations.