Islamabad
In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has expressed satisfaction over the OIC Foreign Ministers’ Council resolution passed in favour of the Kashmiris’ inalienable right to self-determination at its session in Niamey, Niger.
According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC General Secretary Molvi Bashir Ahmad in a statement thanked Pakistan for its efforts to muster the support of Muslim countries for the Kashmir cause.
He said, the situation has become more serious in occupied Kashmir where human rights violations are committed by Indian troops in a systematic manner.
He said Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mehmood Qureshi had drawn the attention of the Muslim countries towards the sufferings of the Kashmiri people, and now the world should come forward in a big way to grant the Kashmiris their internationally-acknowledged right to self-determination.
He said that the OIC Contact Group urged India to stop operations against the people of Kashmir and respect their fundamental rights, give up change in the demography of IIOJK and resolve the lingering Kashmir dispute according to the UN resolutions and aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
He deplored that the situation in IIOJK had become more serious and human rights violations were continuing in a systematic manner. He said that Pakistan had been morally politically and diplomatically supporting the Kashmiri people for the last seven decades and hoped that it would continue its support.
The APHC General Secretary said that all the efforts made by Pakistan, so far, were commendable and it was unfortunate that India did not respond positively.
Jammu & Kashmir National Front (JKNF) has welcomed the OIC for adopting a strong and comprehensive resolution on Kashmir.
In a statement issued on Monday, JKNF spokesman Shafiq-ul- Rehman while hailing the OIC’s role in seeking a just and peaceful solution of the Kashmir dispute said, “The Muslim body had yet again reiterated its unambiguous stand on the issue of Kashmir and reaffirmed its strong support for the Kashmir cause through a strong-worded resolution adopted unanimously by the 47th Session of the OIC in Niamey, the capital city of Nigeria.
Highlighting Pakistan’s diplomatic outreach to galvanize OIC member countries’ support for the Kashmir cause, the JKNF spokesman said, “People of the occupied Jammu and Kashmir owe a debt of gratitude to the people and government of Pakistan for projecting Kashmir cause vociferously at international forums.
Referring to the dire political and human rights situation in the IIOJK he said, “The struggling people of Jammu and Kashmir are optimistic that in light of the historic resolution the member countries of the OIC would use their political and diplomatic clout to end the continued bloodbath in Kashmir and pressurize India to resolve the lingering dispute in line with the UN resolutions”.—APP
