Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : Paying rich tributes to former President and Prime Minister of AJK Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan, President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry and Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi said that he played a vital role for the liberation of occupied Jammu Kashmir and development of the AJK state and his life time services to the Kashmir cause will always be remembered.
Both the AJK leaders reaffirmed to complete the unfinished mission of the liberation of occupied Kashmir.
Addressing the condolence reference held in Kotli AJK on Sunday after the funeral prayer of the departed distinguished AJK leader, the President Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry said that today we have lost a great personality of Azad Kashmir. Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan’s father and my father were the part of the meeting in which the Pakistan Accession Resolution was passed. He spent his whole life in the service of the people of Azad Kashmir which will always be remembered. .
Addressing on occasion the Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi said that today the state has lost a great personality which has rendered invaluable services for the construction and development of Azad Kashmir. Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan played a vital role in every department of the state. Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan’s father Ghazi Kashmir Sardar Fateh Mohammed Kareilvi also played an important role in the liberation movement and he had played a significant role for the development and prosperity of the people. He possessed high abilities which led to the welfare of the people of the state. The construction of Shahra-e-Kashmir and Kotli Stadium was the wish of Sikandar Hayat and I announce to name this highway and stadium after him.
Funeral prayers were attended by former Prime Minister Sardar Atiq Ahmed, former Speaker Shah Ghulam Qadir, PPP Azad Kashmir Secretary General Faisal Rathore. Former Senior Minister of State Muhammad Nawaz and President Muslim Conference Shafiq Jral also addressed the condolence reference.
Earlier the Funeral prayers of former President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan were offered at Kotli Air Ground. Former Prime Minister Sardar Atiq Ahmad Khan, General Secretary PPP Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, Former Speaker Shah Ghulam Qadir, Minister for Finance Chaudhry Akhlaq, Minister for Higher Education Zafar Iqbal Malik, President Muslim Conference Shafiq Jral, Former Ministers Malik Nawaz, Dr Mahmood Riaz Najib Naqi, Raja Siddique, Former Member Kashmir Council Abdul Khaliq Wasi, Member Election Commission Farhat Ali Mir, Former Presidential Adviser Sardar Abdul Manan Gohar, Former Advisor Malik Karamat, Former DG Political Affairs Malik Zulfiqar, Senior Member Board of Revenue Ehsan Khalid Kayani, Director General Information Raja Azhar Iqbal , DG Health Dr Sardar Aftab, Commissioner Muzaffarabad Division Masood-ur-Rehman, Commissioner Mirpur Division Chaudhry Raqib, DIG Mirpur Division Chaudhry Sajjad, Raja Arif, former Assembly candidate Malik Muhammad Yousuf, including journalists, lawyers, political activists. And thousands of people belonging to different schools of thought participated in the funeral prayers . A contingent of Kotli police presented a salute as mark of respect for his services to the state.