Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Saturday said that the Kashmiri-Pakistani diaspora community has played a critical role in creating awareness about the Kashmir issue and it has acted as a bridge between the people of Kashmir and the international community. The President expressed these views while speaking to Mr Faheem Kiani, President Tahreek e Kashmir-UK during a meeting here at Jammu and Kashmir House.
During the interaction, the AJK President discussed the latest situation in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, especially the conditions prevailing after the imposition of an occupational lockdown, communication blockade and rapid demographic changes. He added that a focused approach is needed by all for the peaceful and just resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolutions.
President Masood Khan said that the innocent people of Jammu and Kashmir have been virtually imprisoned in their homeland; they are being murdered, jailed on false pretences, the women are being dishonored and young unarmed protestors are shot with pellet guns. ‘It is our duty to liberate our brothers and sisters from the shackles of the Indian occupation forces’, said the President.
The President praised the efforts of the Tahreek e Kashmir President Faheem Kiani for successfully organizing webinars with leading cross-party MPs and holding major events, especially observing human rights week in connection with the World Human Rights Day all over the UK. He said that the Tahreek-e-Kashmir UK is actively working to raise the profile of the Kashmir dispute and effectively highlighting the human rights violations being committed by the India occupation forces
‘The diaspora community must synergize their strengths so that we may positively advocate the Kashmir cause in a fruitful manner’, said President AJK. President Masood Khan said that the Pakistan-Kashmiri diaspora, which has grown in numbers all over the world, works closely with their representatives and over the years, their strengths have increased manifold.
