“Dire situation in IOK needs urgent attention of world: AJK PM”
Brussels : Kashmir Council EU (KC-EU) launched the 11th annual week-long event of “Kashmir EU-Week” at European Parliament in Brussels.
The Azad Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Farooq Haider Khan parcipated as chief guest of the week long program titled, “Living with the Legacy of Partition: Search for a Lasting Peace”.
Addressing the opening conference of the program he said, Kashmir is an international issue and it needs serious attention of international communities.
The seminar was also addressed by MEPs Mr Wajid Khan and Mr Sajjad Karim, famous French-Belg photographer Cédric Gerbehaye, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Belgium Ms Naghmana Alimgir Hashmi, Chairman Kashmir Global Council Farooq Saddiqui, Prominent Human Right Activist from Indian Held Kashmir Khurram Pervaiz, Chairman Kashmir Council Europe Ali Raza Syed, former EU’s Ambassador Anthony Crasner and Councilor from UK Ateeq ur Rehman.
AJK’s PM Raja Farooq Haider further said, Kashmir is long standing issue and world community should listen to the voices of Kashmir at least they initially should stop human rights violations in Indian Held Kashmir.
Kashmir Council EU organised Kashmir EU Week in collaboration with Kashmir Free Organisation Germany, Theatre X Germany, Kashmir Info Belgium, Kashmir Global Council, World Kashmir Diaspora Alliance and some other organisations.
Kashmir EU-Week’s programmes comprising international conferences, seminars, debates, workshops, video casting of a documentary and a photos and a handicraft exhibition on Kashmir would be continued held from till 11th November at EU parliament in capital city of Belgium but the exhibition will be continued from 12th to 18 November also at EU parliament in Strasburg, France.
The reports containing latest facts and figures on the situation existed in the Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) are also being presented during the EU-Week.
A number of the people specially members of EU parliament, experts, intellectuals, human rights activists and scholars from Europe, America, Pakistan, AJK and Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) attended opening session the programme.
The annual event of Kashmir EU-Week is being arranged by the Kashmir Council EU for several years and beside it, the council has so far held many other programmes including conferences, seminars, meetings and debates on Kashmir in Europe. One million signature campaign on Kashmir is also continued by Kashmir Council EU in different European countries.
Creating awareness about the large scale human rights violations in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) is main objective of the programmes, chairman Kashmir Council EU said. The people of Kashmir have offered matchless sacrifices for the resolution of Kashmir dispute and the use of brute force cannot stop them from continuing the struggle to achieve the inalienable right to self-determination.
