M. S Haidri
Muzaffarabad: Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir organized a “Continuous Struggle Rally” to pay homage to veteran Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Gillani here on Friday.
According to details, hundreds of citizens participated in the rally carried banners and placards on which pictures of Syed Ali Gillani and his sayings regarding the freedom movement were mentioned. The participants of the rally marched from Burhan Wani Shaheed Chowk to Gharipan Chowk.
The participants of the rally were raising loud slogans “Gillani Teri Shahadat Se Inqalab Aayga” “Gillani Tera Qafila Rukka Nahi Jhukka Nahi”.
Speakers on the occasion has said that Syed Ali Gillani dedicated his entire life for the freedom of Jammu and Kashmir.
They maintained that Gillani was a figure of determination, courage and bravery, “Today, the people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir pay homage to their great leader on his second martyrdom day.”
Speakers said that Syed Ali Gillani Shaheed was the strong voice of freedom, right to self-determination besides strong narrative of accession to Pakistan in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
“Shaheed Gillani not only challenged India’s state terrorism in every city, every district and village of Kashmir, but also exposed the state terrorism of India to the whole world”, They stated.
The speakers said that Gillani was a great leader who neither tired nor bowed down till martyrdom.
“Today the people of Jammu and Kashmir pay homage to Syed Ali Gillani for his great struggle”, they added.
The speakers said that Gillani always emphasized on the need to solve the Kashmir issue on the basis of the right of self-determination through a free referendum.
Gillani raised the slogan “We are Pakistanis from the relationship of Islam, and Pakistan is ours.”
“He always thanked the people of Pakistan who stood by the Kashmiri people in the freedom movement of Kashmir”, speakers said.
The speakers further said that while Syed Shaheed talked about the rights of Muslims in the state, he also taught to respect the rights of non-Muslim citizens.
The participants of the rally vowed that until the completion of the mission of Syed Shaheed, resistance movement against the military occupation of India will continue on all fronts.
Chairman Pasban-e-Hurriyat Uzair Ahmed Ghazali, Opposition Leader Khawaja Farooq Ahmed, Zahid Saffi, Mushtaq-ul-Islam, Usman Ali Hashim, Raja Aftab Ahmed Khan, Ameer Shamsher Khan, Shaukat Javed Mir, Azmat Hayat Kashmiri, Dr. Muhammad Manzoor, Muhammad Yousuf Butt, Muhammad Noor Ullah Qureshi, Ch. Muhammad Mushtaq Bilal Ahmed Farooqui, Raja Sajeed Khan and others also addressed on the occasion.