Altaf Hamid Rao
MIRPUR (AJK): The 44th martyrdom anniversary of the Kashmiri martyrs of London – Hanif Shaheed and Basharat Shaheed will be commemorated in Azad Jammu Kashmir, Pakistan and United Kingdom on February 20 – today -Tuesday, with full respect and honor and with the renewal of the pledge to continue the mission of the Kashmiri martyrs till the liberation of occupied Jammu Kashmir from the Indian clutches.
Special ceremonies will be held to observe the anniversary at the mausoleums of Bashrat Shaheed at Palak and Hanif Shaheed in Mirpur on Tuesday morning jointly under the auspices of various social, political and governmental organizations, Mirpur Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Raja Farooq Akram told this Correspondent here Monday.
Notables, besides the general people from different walks of life will visit the mausoleums of the two martyrs including Basharat Shaheed at Palak, a village in outskirt of Mirpur city and Hanif Shaeed’s mazar at Markazi Eid Gah grave yard in the city where they will place the floral wreaths besides offering fateha for the departed souls.
Other dignitaries from various parts of the AJK will attend a special ceremonies to be held at the mausoleums of the ‘Martyrs of London’ in order to pay glorious tributes to the two Kashmir-born British nationals hailing from Mirpur Azad Kashmir – Basharat Shaheed and Hanif Shaheed and their companion Ghazi Dalawar- who had made hostage the staff of the Indian High Commission in London this day in 1973 at the toy-gun point with the demand for the release of 90 thousand Pakistanis prisoners of war (POWs) during fall of Dacca in 1971.
Rich tributes will be paid to Basharat Shaheed and Hanif Shaheed besides their associate Ghazi Dilawar for laying down the supreme sacrifice of their lives for the Kashmir cause coupled with the renewal of the determination to continue the mission of Kashmiri martyrs with the renewal of the pledge, that the mission of these valiant sons of the soil will be continued for the cause of freedom and for the achievement of the Kashmiris legitimate right to self determination.
“By observing the martyrdom anniversary of the martyrs of London on March 20 every year, Jammu and Kashmir people reiterate their firmed resolve that Pakistan is the ultimate fate of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and they will leave no stone unturned to achieve the goal in line with the international norms and commitments vis-à-vis the just and principled settlement of Kashmir issue in line with their (Kashmiris) aspirations”, organizers of the scheduled ceremonies said.
