Muzaffarabad, (Parliament Times) : The sixth martyrdom day of Kashmiri commander Burhan Wani was observed as Resistance Day on both sides of the ceasefire line.
According to details, a large public rally including youth, children and elders was organized in the capital under the aegis of Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir to pay homage to Burhan Wani.
The people participating in the rally kept chanting slogans in favor of Burhan Wani, Islam, freedom from Indian occupation and in favor of Pakistan.
Before the rally, an organized contingent of 313 Kashmiri youths saluted the flags of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir besides Burhan Muzaffar Wani and other martyrs of Jammu and Kashmir by wearing ribbons on their foreheads stated the phrases of freedom and martyrdom.
While addressing the Resistance day rally, the speakers said that the sacred blood of thousands of martyrs, including Burhan Wani, would not be wasted under any condition.
They reiterated that Independence from India is the life goal of the Kashmiri people.
Speakers said that the entire nation pays homage to the great hero of Kashmir freedom movement.
They stressed that the nefarious plans of the Modi government could be stopped only by organizing and mobilizing the state-wide military movement for liberation from Indian military occupation.
“Indian forces are killing unarmed civilians in the occupied state, imprisoning innocent people, looting houses and settlements and violating all the religious, political and social rights of the Kashmiri people, while the citizens on this side continue to play the role of silent spectators”, they lamented.
“Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed state whose future will be decided by the Kashmiri people only under the right of self-determination”, speakers added.
They called on the Government of Pakistan, as stakeholder on the Kashmir issue, to respond to India in the language it understands.
“It is the constitutional and national responsibility of the state of Pakistan to save the historical and Islamic identity of Jammu and Kashmir and force India to hold a referendum”, Speakers demanded.
The rally was led by Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Deputy Ameer Saifullah Khalid, Chairman Pasban-e-Hurriyat Uzair Ahmad Ghazali, Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Sheikh Aqeel-ur-Rehman, Director Kashmir Liberation Cell Raja Sajjad Latif Khan, Commander Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Shamsher Khan, PPP leader Shaukat Javed Mir,, Sardar Abdul Razzaq, Shaukat Ganai, Muhammad Azam Ghazi, Usman Ali Hashim, Javed Ahmad Mughal, Ali Muhammad Butt, Chaudhry Muhammad Ismail, Tanveer Durrani, Chaudhry Muhammad Mushtaq, Iqbal Yaseen Awan and others.
Burhan Wani was killed by Indian forces on 8 July 2016 along with two other companions Sartaj Ahmad Sheikh and Pervaiz Ahmad Lashkari in Bumdoora Village of Kokarnag Indian Occupied Kashmir.
After the martyrdom of Burhan Wani brother Khalid Wani, Burhan Wani decided to put up practical resistance against the military occupation of India.