Convener of All Parties Hurriyat Conference AJK chapter and acting chairman of Democratic Free-dom Party (DFP) Mehmood Ahmed Saghar has praised steadfastness of party chairman Shabbir Ahmed Shah on the completion of 36 years of his life in jail and seven consecutive years of captivity in New Delhi’s Tihar jail.
In a statement issued in Islamabad, today, Saghar, while highlighting the incarcerated party chairman’s indomitable role in the Kashmiris’ ongoing struggle, said, “Shah, who was forced to spend most of his life in jails and detention centers has become an icon of resistance”. He said that in 70 years of his life Shah spent 36 years in prisons, detention and interrogation centers within and outside the Kashmir valley because of his political beliefs.
Saghar said that being a strong proponent of Kashmiris’ right to self-determination, Shah has always sought a peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute in line with UNSC resolutions. He said that Shah had never accepted India’s forcible control on Kashmir and he never changed that ideology.
The APHC convener said that Shabbir Shah had chosen the path of struggle as his way of living and he was steadfastly writing a new history of political resistance. He said that it was unfortunate that the DFP chief was being punished for his political beliefs and because of his peerless contribution in the ongoing struggle.—KMS
