Altaf Hamid Rao.
Khari Sharif/MIRPUR (AJK ) (Parliament Times) : Azad Jammu & Kashmir President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry while raising the significance of strengthening the ongoing freedom movement against India, has said that it was the national responsibility of every Kashmiri to play his or her role to take the liberation struggle to its logical conclusion.
Addressing an Iftar party hosted at his native village Khari Sharif in outskirts of Mirpur city Monday, the AJK President expressed his serious concern over the continual bloodshed and bloodbath of innocent Palestinians at the hands of Israeli forces.
” Since October 7, thousands of Palestinians have been martyred due to the barbaric bombardment of Gaza by the Israeli army”, the President underlined by strongly condemning the bloodbath of innocent Palestinians in Gaza.
Barrister Sultan said that establishment of an independent Palestinian state was the only solution.
said that he was grateful to the people of Mirpur who have always stood by him in his long political struggle.
“Be it his struggle to promote the Kashmir cause or fulfilling his vision and mission of public service, the people have always stood by me, all the way, with utmost courage and enthusiasm”, the president asserted.
He said that the United Nations, OIC, and the European Union should come forward in a big way to stop the ruthless slaughter of Palestinians and find a permanent solution to the lingering conflict.
TheAJK president said that during the past couple of years he had tried to make Azad Jammu Kashmir the base camp of the freedom movement in the true sense.
Referring to his foreign visits to USA, UK, France, Holland, Belgium, Jeddah, Turkey, Dubai and other parts of the world, the president said that during these visits he had informed the world about the worsening political and human rights in Occupied Kashmir.
Referring to his recent news conference held in Muzaffarabad along with American Congresswoman Ilhan Umar and British High Commissioner’s visit to Mirpur, the president said that these high profile engagements were part of his campaign to mobilize world opinion and galvanize international support for the Kashmiri cause.
. On the occasion, Barrister Chaudhry thanked the people of Khari for according him a rousing welcome.” All the problems of Khari Sharif constituency will be solved on the priority basis”, he said.Barrister Chaudhry said that he decided to make Khari Sharif a Tehsil. He said that work on construction of roads and other development projects was going on.
He said that the AJK minister Chaudhry Arshad Hussain has approved a grant of rupees three and a half crores for education and health package.Earlier, the President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry was given a warm welcomed by the people on his arrival.
The Iftar dinner was also attended and addressed by Minister for Energy and Water Resources Chaudhry Arshad Hussain, Minister for Physical Planning and Housing Chaudhry Yasir Sultan, Chairman District Council Raja Navid akhtar Goga and others.
