Islamabad
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference AJK chapter staged a protest demonstration outside the UN office in Islamabad on the completion of 73 years of India’s illegal occupation over Jammu and Kashmir, today.
The Hurriyat-AJK leaders on the occasion said that the massacre of Kashmiris in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir was the worst example of Indian state terrorism and the rising bloodshed in the territory was the result of unbridled powers granted to the Indian forces. They said that India was conspiring to turn the Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir into a minority area through changing its demography. They maintained that New Delhi was imposing colonial laws and issuing domiciles to non-Kashmiris to advance its nefarious agenda within a short span of time.
The Hurriyat leaders expressed grave concern over the extrajudicial killing of Kashmiri youth by Indian troops, saying that India was committing genocide in the occupied territory. They urged the international community to play its role in the withdrawal of Indian troops from IIOJK, repeal of all black laws and release of all innocent Kashmiri detainees. They made it clear that the Kashmir issue was an issue of life and death for around 15 million Kashmiris who are struggling to secure their right to self-determination as recognized by the United Nations.
Hurriyat-AJK leaders who participated in the event included Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, Syed Faiz Naqasbandi, Syed Yousuf Naseem, Zamurad Khan, Altaf AHme Butt, Rafiq Dar, Ishfaq Majeed Mir, Shamim Shawl, Ishtiyaq Hameed, Abdul Majeed Malik, Imtiaz Wani, Sheikh Abdul Mateen, Sheikh Muhammad Yaqoob, Eng Mehmood, Advocate Pervez Ahmad, Raja Shaheen, Hassan Al-Bana, Manzoorul Haq Butt, Gulshan Ahmad, Syed Mushtaq, Zahid Safi.—KMS
