Altaf Hamid Rao,
Call for early solution of Kashmir dispute,
Muzaffarabad/ MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : President Azad Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhary and Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan have paid glowing tributes to martyrs of Jammu on their 75th martyrdom anniversary.
In their separate messages released on the eve of Jammu martyrs’ day the duo while highlighting the supreme sacrifices rendered by the Kashmiri people said that the day was not far when Kashmiris’ sacrifices would bear fruit and the Indian occupied territory of Kashmir would be free from the Indian bondage.
In his message the AJK President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry said that more than seventy years have passed since Indian forces invaded Kashmir illegally. The Indian forces deployed in the length and breadth of Kashmir have destroyed the peace by wreaking havoc in the region. Terming India as an aggressor, the president said that despite the passage of seven decades India was not ready to grant Kashmiris their right to self-determination, which it had guaranteed to them under various UN resolutions. He said that November 6 (Martyrs’ Day) was an important milestone of the Kashmiris freedom struggle on which millions of Kashmiris sacrificed their lives for the love of Pakistan and freedom of the homeland from India.
He said that the massacre of the Muslims in Jammu by Hindu extremists was not a mere coincidence but a deep-rooted conspiracy aimed at making the goal of creation of Pakistan impossible.
In a special message the Prime Minister said that the Indian army and the puppet administration in Occupied Kashmir were engaged in their efforts to suppress the voices of those who raise the slogan of freedom. The PM said that India cannot dampen the spirit of freedom of Kashmiris by unleashing reign of terror in the region.
Lauding the Kashmiris’ sacrifices, the PM further said, “The people of Kashmir are continuously making sacrifices to achieve their goal of freedom from India’s illegal occupation”. Paying rich tributes to Jammu Martyrs the PM said, “We pay our respects to the martyrs of the freedom movement, we also pledge that we will keep burning the torch that these martyrs lit with their blood”.
They said that Jammu Martyrs’ Day was being observed on both sides of the line of control with a renewed commitment to take the ongoing struggle to its logical end for which for which their ancestors sacrificed their precious lives.
Referring to horrendous incidents of bloodshed and violence perpetuated Hindu extremists in connivance with Dogra forces, they said that “During the first week of November 1947 the Dogra ruler unleashed havoc in the Jammu region by killing hundreds and thousands of innocents Muslims including men, women and children”.
The bloodshed and violence that left indelible scars on the Kashmiris’ collective conscience, they said, finds no precedent in human history.
Referring to the ongoing human rights violations in the Indian occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir they said that the blood of Kashmiris Muslims was being spilt on the streets in Kashmir today. “The hands of the Indian forces are stained with the blood of innocent Muslims.”, they said.
Reiterating the government’s all out support to Kashmir cause they said, “Strengthening Kashmir cause and the Freedom Movement in Kashmir is the first priority of the present government”.
They said that India’s nefarious attempts aimed at distorting the region’s history, culture and changing the proportion of the population in the occupied territory would be thwarted by the valiant Kashmiris despite all odds.
They also urged the international community to help stop the atrocities on Kashmiris and force India to implement the UNSC resolutions to settle the lingering dispute peacefully once and for all.