Kotli/Khuiratta, (Parliament Times) : President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry has said that India was doing negative propaganda by peddling lies to hoodwink the international community on Kashmir.
He expressed these views while addressing a press conference in Khoi Ratta and a reception given in his honor by Chaudhry Farooq in Kotli here today. He was accompanied by Health Minister Nisar Ansar Abdali, Finance Minister Chaudhry Muhammad Akhlaq, Higher Education Minister Zafar Malik, Chaudhry Mehboob Advocate, Chaudhry Farooq and others.
Speaking on the occasion the president said that there was a dire need to counter India’s disinformation campaign aimed at creating cobwebs of confusion around Kashmir.
In order to hide the crimes its forces have been committing in Kashmir the president said that the Indian government has been forcing the United Nations Military Observer Group to leave the country so that the world does not get to know the real situation in and around Kashmir especially on the Line of Control.
He said that soon after the Modi government stripped Kashmir of it’s special status in 2019 a comprehensive campaign aimed at exposing India’s nefarious game plan was launched by him under which protest demonstrations were held in different European capitals. The president said that he visited the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries to expose India’s malafide intentions behind the move. “During my visits, I gave a detailed briefing to the international community on the Kashmir issue and the ongoing human rights abuses in Occupied Kashmir”, he said adding that he had a series of important meetings with top officials of the OIC, the UN and the US state department and sought their urgent attention towards the fast deteriorating situation in the Indian occupied Kashmir.
” Similarly, I organized a big rally in Washington on the occasion of Black Day on 27 October to seek world attention towards the Kashmir issue”, the president said.
On this occasion, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry while referring to his recent visit to USA, UK and other European countries said that during these visits he had been able to present and plead the case of Kashmir effectively and sensitizing global community about the early solution of Kashmir dispute.
Expressing solidarity with the people of the occupied Kashmir, the president said the day was not far when Occupied Kashmir will be freed from India’s illegal occupation.
He said that since 5th August 2019 Modi government had introduced a series of new laws to pave the way for changing the region’s demography. He said that redrawing of electoral map and reorganization of constituencies by the government was meant to install a Hindu Chief Minister in the state.
” I salute the people of Occupied Kashmir for their great struggle”, he said adding that Kashmiris’ struggle for right to self determination would continue at all fronts until Kashmir was freed from India’s illegal occupation.
