United Kingdom, (Parliament Times) : British Parliamentarians in a conference organized by Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) at the British Parliament in the United Kingdom (UK) yesterday raised their voice in favor of illegally incarcerated chairman JKLF, Muhammad Yasin Malik who defenselessly on 25 May 2022 on the dictates of extremist BJP government of India led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been unjustly convicted for life imprisonment in fake, fabricated and politically motivated cases filed against him by Indian notorious investigative agency NIA.
According to a statement issued from the central information office of JKLF, besides the withdrawal of all politically motivated cases filed against Yasin Malik, the participants of the conference including over a dozen British MPs demanded the release of all political prisoners languishing in different jails in India. A large number of JKLF leadership and other political representatives attended the conference, the statement read.
According to the statement Mr. Richard Burgon MP from Leeds East chaired and conducted the conference which was assisted by Mr. Amjad Nawaz Khan Organizer JKLF (UK Zone). Mr. ?Alex Sobel MP from Leeds North West, Mr. ?Andy McDonald MP from Middlesbrough, Ms. ?Rachel Hopkins MP from Luton South, Mr. ?Khalid Mehmood MP from Birmingham, ? Mr. Mohammed Yasin MP from Bedford, Mr. ?John McDonnell MP from Hayes and Harlington, ? Mr. Stephen Timms MP from East Ham London, Mr. ?Imran Hussain MP from Bradford East, ?Ms. Naz Shah MP from Bradford West, ?Mr. Margaret Greenwood MP from Wirral West, ? Mr. Sam Tarry MP from Ilford South, ? Mr. Tan Dhesi MP from Slough, ? Mr. Tahir Ali MP from Birmingham, Prof. Raja Zafar Khan Head of JKLF Diplomatic Bureau, Mr. Liaqat Lone President JKLF (UK Zone), Mr. Yousuf Choudhary Sr. Vice President JKLF (UK Zone), Sardar Naseem Iqbal Khan Advocate Head of Political Department JKLF (UK Zone), Mr. Tariq Sharif Member Supreme Council JKLF and Mr. Khawaja Hassan Mehmood President JKNAP (UK) delivered their speeches while as a large number of JKLF office bearers, veterans and members were present in the conference.
The JKLF chief spokesman Muhammad Rafiq Dar while giving the details of the conference to the press said that the British MPs unanimously expressed their deep concern over the gross human rights violations taking place in Jammu Kashmir. The speakers demanded immediate and necessary steps to be taken to bring an end to these unabated human rights violations against freedom-loving people of Jammu Kashmir by Indian forces, he added. He said that the participants on the occasion placed an important emphasis on the fact that the issue of Jammu Kashmir is not a bilateral territorial dispute between India and Pakistan to be resolved by them only. They unanimously agreed upon the fact that it is a matter of independence and unfettered right to self-determination of a nation with over twenty-two million population living in the disputed State of Jammu Kashmir currently divided between, and administered by India, Pakistan, and China that could only be achieved through active participation of principle party to the dispute, the Kashmiri representative, in any dialogue process on Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan.
According to the spokesman, many important and valuable recommendations were put forward during the presentations made by the speakers including holding meetings of the JKLF delegation with the British All Parties Parliamentary Group on Kashmir (APPG) and the British Foreign Select Committee (FSC) so that they are apprised about the situation of HRV’s in Jammu Kashmir especially about the injustices done with Yasin Malik and other political prisoners. The British MPs were recommended to write to both the august bodies, APPG and FSC, about Yasin Malik for necessary actions from their respective offices. MP’s were recommended to let their political parties, especially the Labor Party, incorporate “just resolution of Kashmir issue through grant of unfettered RSD to the people of the entire State of Jammu Kashmir” in their election manifesto.
The participants further suggested to let UK and the international community urge India and Pakistan to find ways and means to let the divided families from across the ceasefire line (LOC-read by both the countries) in Jammu Kashmir be able to meet each other. UK Parliament be urged to form a group of its MPs as a ‘Fact Finding Mission’ to be sent to visit and assess the on-ground situation of HRV’s taking place in Jammu Kashmir with free public access to the visiting mission.
At the end of the conference the JKLF leadership expressed their gratitude to the participants especially to the British Parliamentarians for their overwhelming participation in the conference and for expressing their unequivocal concern over the non-resolution of the Kashmir issue and gross HRVs in Jammu Kashmir, injustices made with Yasin Malik and other political prisoners and for raising their voice for the release of Yasin Malik and for the grant of unfettered RSD for the people of entire State of Jammu Kashmir, the statement read.
The other participants of the conference were SM Ibrahim Member Supreme Council JKLF, Tanveer Malik Gen. Sec. JKLF (UK Zone), Raja Asad Kiyani Vice President JKLF (UK Zone), Sardar Gulfaraz Khan Spokesman JKLF (UK Zone) and senior party leaders; Malik Latief, Sanowar Hussain, Mehmood Hussain, Mushtaq Malik, Jameel Ashraf, Raja Raies, Rehmat Hussain, Arfaq Kiyani, Nazakat Hussain, Haji Iqbal, Ms. Sana Malik, Lala Gulnawaz, Raja Zulqarnain, Khawaja Aneeq, Afzal Tahir and a guest participant Dr. Nawaz.
