Hearts of people of Kashmir and Pakistan beat in unison: AJKPM

 Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan addresses a mammoth gathering in  Bagh town:

Altaf Hamid Rao

MIRPUR [Parliament Times]: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan,  while addressing a mammoth public meeting in his electoral  constituency of Bagh late  Monday, said that the people of the Poonch region of AJK have always rendered matchless sacrifices for the freedom movement as well as for  the defense of inch after inch of Pakistan and sent a strong message to the world that no power on the  earth could defeat them.

“We stand shoulder to shoulder with our brethren in the Indian illegally  occupied Jammu & Kashmir in their just struggle for right to self-determination – since hearts of the people of Kashmir and Pakistan beat in unison” he said adding “we will never let the freedom movement of Kashmir weaken at any stage.

Praising the people of Poonch for their courage and bravery, the PM  announced a historic development package worth billions of rupees for Bagh during his visit to the city. The AJK PM unveiled a host of packages including  Rs. 1 billion interest-free loans for the residents of Bagh, establishment of a Veterinary College and Army Public School, providing additional funds to Bagh Development Authority, opening Kashmir University campus in the city, setting up of a DSP office in Hari Gahl, construction of concrete houses for the post 90s Kashmiri refugees and making Rada Bairpani a subdivision and granting Nayabat-status to Mallot and South Bagh.

The PM said that the government would leave no stone unturned in securing the rights.  Reiterating his commitment to address the problems being faced by the common masses, the PM said resolving people’s problems was his govt.’s  responsibility. Expressing gratitude to the residents of Bagh for their generous welcome the Sardar Tanveer Illayas  said that he owed a debt of gratitude to the people for the historic reception he received on his visit to the city.

Earlier, the Prime Minister was accorded a  rousing reception on his arrival in Bagh, the main highway right from Muzaffarabad to Bagh was decorated with welcome banners. Ministers, office bearers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and government secretaries including Agriculture Minister Sardar Mir Akbar Khan, Sardar Tahir Iqbal Khan, Sardar Iftikhar Rasheed and others were part of the PM’s cavalcade. Hailing the party chairman Imran Khan’s political approach and policies, the AJK PM said, “Imran Khan is now considered a global leader”.

On the occasion officials of MTBC and IT Board Azad Kashmir signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the development of information technology sector in Azad Jammu & Kashmir. An MoU was signed between the sports department and the Kashmir Kings for the development of sports.