Islamabad, (Parliament Times) : President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry has said that Syed Ali Geelani was the strong voice of Pakistan in Occupied Kashmir who raised the slogan “Hum Pakistani hain, Pakistan Hamara hay”.
In his special message released on the occasion of the first anniversary of the renowned Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Gilani, the President said, “Gilani Sahib was a man of principle who remained stick to his ideology till the last breath of his life”.The president said that Mr. Gilani was made to suffer because of his political ideology.
He said that at a time when he needed intensive care, the brutal Indian army forcibly detained him and kept him under house detention for several years.Terming Gilani as a symbol of courage and perseverance, Barrister Chaudhary said that Gilani spent his entire life advocating Kashmiris’ right to self-determination. “The Indian authorities’ policy of oppression and suppression could not weaken his ideological allegiance with Pakistan”, he said. The government of Azad Kashmir, he said, would utilize all its resources to accomplish the martyrs’ mission of freedom from India and accession of the entire state to Pakistan.