Says every Kashmiri ready to fight alongside Pakistan army,
ISLAMABAD: (Parliament Times) Terming India’s expansionist designs as a biggest threat to peace and stability in South Asia, the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider Khan has said that Pakistan is the only obstacle in the way of New Delhi’s hegemonic designs in the region and beyond.
The AJK premier made these assertions while addressing a day-long conference titled “Urgent Need for Humanitarian Efforts”, which was organized by the Senate of Pakistan, here on Wednesday. While condemning Modi led fascist regime’s move to scrap decades’ old special status of Indian occupied Kashmir by revoking article 370 and 35-A of the Indian constitution the AJK PM said that the illegal move was not only an atrocious attack on the rights of people of Kashmir but an attempt to change the disputed status of Kashmir.
Addressing the participants of the conference he said, “Kashmir is not a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan, this kind of narrative won’t help you in any way. If you present Kashmir as a territorial dispute no one in the world will listen you or support your argument”.
He said that Pakistan as a matter of fact has never claimed that Kashmir is its integral part. “It has been Pakistan’s principled stand on the issue that Kashmiris should be granted their inalienable right the right of self-determination”, the AJK PM said adding that unlike India, Pakistan stands on high moral ground as it has always accepted the right of self-determination of Kashmiri people.
Referring to Kashmiris’ unconditional love for Pakistan he said that Kashmiris cannot even think of betraying Pakistan that has supported them through every thick and thin. “We have given every kind of sacrifice and are again ready to shed the last drop of blood for the freedom of Kashmir,” he maintained.
Regarding the fast changing regional and international scenario the AJK PM said that time has come that Pakistan should facilitate and empower the Kashmiri leadership hailing from both sides of the line of control so that they can plead their case effectively at international level. He was of the view that Kashmiri leadership can plead and present their case in a better way at international level. The world he said would listen to Kashmiris who happen to be the basic party to the dispute. “Allow us (Kashmiris) to play a frontline role, you are supposed to help us, I’m sure that we will defeat India in the international arena”, he said adding that concrete efforts were needed to decompose and deconstruct this “territorial-dispute-narrative” built by the Indians.
Regarding talks he said there should be no bilateral talks with India. “Any effort to engage with India at bilateral level at this crucial juncture would be tantamount to reduce mounting international pressure on India”, he maintained.
The AJK prime minister who could not control his emotions while highlighting the plight of hapless Kashmiris said, “Our brothers and sisters who continue to suffer due to the suffocating siege in Indian held Kashmir, are desperately looking towards Pakistan”. He said women in occupied Kashmir open up their doors in the morning just to see whether Pakistan army had come to their rescue. He said that in 1947 India had massacred nearly two hundred thousands Muslims in Jammu within a short span of time whereas three lakh Muslims were forced to migrate Pakistan. India he said was now repeating the same history in Kashmir valley where tens of thousands of Kashmiris have been killed by Indian occupation forces.
Urging parliamentarians to stay vigilant of Indian conspiracies he said that the only Muslim leader of the subcontinent who had wisely and meticulously foiled the conspiracies of the crafty Hindus was Quad-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. “He (Jinnah) was the only man in entire subcontinent”, he said adding that even Sheikh Abdullah who was shell shocked after his arrest in 1953 had accepted the bitter reality that Quad-e-Azam had forewarned him about the Indian leaders’ treacherous role.
He also warned that Pakistan will be the next target (of India) if the flag of Kashmir falls down. “If we did not survive, there would be a serious existential threat to Pakistan”, he said adding that after the holy city of Madina, Pakistan is the biggest blessing of almighty Allah for the Muslims. Terming Kashmir as the line of defence of Pakistan the AJK PM Raja Farooq Haider Khan said we have full confidence on the armed forces of Pakistan and the people of Kashmir will fight shoulder to shoulder with Pakistani forces in case of Indian aggression. “Let me assure you that every Kashmiri would fight and we will be on the frontline”, he maintained.