Altaf Hamid Rao.
Mang/ MIRPUR ( AJK) (Parliament Times) : Azad Jammu Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq, while paying great tributes to the martyrs of Mang, has said that we owe a debt of gratitude to the martyrs’ of Mang whose struggle and sacrifices culminated in the shape of the state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The AJK premier said this while addressing a public gathering in Poonch Division’s historic Mang town on Monday.
“The martyrs of Mang liberated the region by sacrificing their lives”, he said adding that the ideology of accession of the entire state of Jammu Kashmir to Pakistan propounded by the Kashmiri martyrs would be upheld at all costs.
Terming Pakistan as a center of hope for the Muslims all around the world, the PM said that a strong, stable and prosperous Pakistan as a guarantor for Kashmir’s ongoing freedom movement.Castigating the Modi government for holding sham elections in Kashmir, he said that the poll exercise being conducted under the supervision of one million troops has no legal standing before the international law.He said that the implementation of the UNSC resolutions was the only feasible solution to the Kashmir problem.
The AJK premier also condemned the continued bloodshed and violence in Kashmir.He said that the people in the Indian occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir have been deprived of their basic rights. “India has robbed Kashmiris of their identity, snatched away from them their rights and privileges”, he said, adding that Muslims were being turned into a minority.The PM said that the people in Azad Kashmir enjoy civil liberties fully. The government, he said, was spending a big chunk of its budget on subsidies to ensure provision of wheat flour and electricity at affordable rates.”The funds are being spent regardless of community or regional bias”, he added.The PM said that no one would be allowed to ruin the system of the state for which our forefathers made unprecedented sacrifices.
The PM said that he would announce a historic development package for Poonch very soon. The package, he said, would be instrumental in removing economic backwardness in the area besides improving road infrastructure in the region.On the occasion, the PM announced establishment of Mang Town Committee, Civil Court, addressing shortage of staff in Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, appointment of a Gynecologist, upgradation of educational institutions and health centers and installation of street lights in the town.
The function was attended and addressed by government ministers including Sardar Muhammad Hussain Advocate Malik Zafar Iqbal, Sardar Amir Altaf, Maulana Saeed Yusuf Khan, chairman Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam AJK, PPP central leader Sardar Gulnawaz Khaliq Advocate and others.
Meanwhile, talking to different delegations that called on him during his visit to the Poonch division, Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq said that the government would ensure the provision of all resources to solve the problems being faced by people of Poonch division