Altaf Hamid Rao,
PM shocked over Helicopter crash in Balochistan, terms it a national tragedy
Islamabad/ MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) :Former Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan called on Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Tanvir Ilyas Khan here at Kashmir House on Tuesday. Raja Mohammed Farooq Haider Khan on the occasion extended an invitation to the PM to participate in All Parties Conference on Kashmir and 15th Amendment being held on August 7.
Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan said that there would be no compromise whatsoever on 13th amendment, which had led to political, administrative and financial autonomy of the government of the state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Referring to India’s 5th August 2019 move, the PM said that it was primarily the agenda of the BJP’s mother organization RSS. The main purpose of the move, he said, was to convert the majority of Kashmiri Muslims into a minority and to rob the state of its Muslim identity. “Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists living within the state of Jammu and Kashmir are familiar with this conspiracy and demand the restoration of the statehood”, the PM said, adding that Kashmiris have outrightly rejected the move. He said that during the last three years, India’s racist regime has illegally occupied Kashmiris’ land and reduced to second -class citizens.While terming the Indian move as illegal, the former premier Raja Farooq Haider Khan said that the abysmal situation in the Indian held territory demands that all the political parties of the AJK including Hurriyat leaders should adopt a clear cut stance on the issue. “Protection of rights we have got through the 13th Amendment is the collective responsibility of all of us”, he added.
Raja Farooq also inquired after the health of his father Sardar Ilyas Khan.Meanwhile, Prime Minister Tanveer Ilyas Khan, expressed his deep sorrow over the martyrdom of the Pakistani Army officers and others who embraced martyrdom in the helicopter crash in Balochistan.Terming it a national tragedy, the PM while paying eulogizing tributes to the martyrs said that the nation would always remember the sacrifice of these officers and who embraced Shahadat during the service of humanity.
Extending his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family of Corps Commander Quetta Lieutenant General Sarfraz Ali, Major General Amjad Haneef, Major Talha and other officers, said that the whole nation stands with the relatives of the martyrs at this hour of immense grief.
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