MUZAFFARABAD: (Parliament Times) Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan has said Neelum Valley’s peace is linked with the situation in Occupied Kashmir as India intentionally targeting civilian population in the area to divert the attention of international community from the deteriorating human rights situation in the held territory.
He was talking to a delegation of notables of the Neelum Valley headed by Speaker AJK Legislative Assembly Shah Ghulam Qadir that called on him here on Thursday.
The Prime Minister said 2700 persons in the valley were martyred in 90s unprovoked Indian shelling but people didn’t lose their courage. “Neelum Valley is badly affected after Indian 5th August unilateral and unlawful act of abrogating the special status of the disputed territory”, he added.
The delegates thoroughly briefed the Prime Minister about their problems and Prime Minister assured them that they would be addressed on priority. “People of Neelum Valley are rendering matchless sacrifices and all out efforts are being made to address their genuine problems”, he added.
Former Minister and PPP Central leader Mian Abdul Waheed, Former Minister and PTI leader Sardar Gull-e-Khandan, Former Minister and Muslim Conference Leader Mufti Mansoor ur Rehman, Mian Ikhlaq Rasool, Allama Hameed ud Din Barkati and others were also among the delegation.
