The All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) has appealed to the international community to facilitate the just settlement of the longstanding Kashmir dispute in the interest of peace in South Asia.
According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC spokesman, Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas in a statement in Srinagar said that the lingering Kashmir dispute poses a grave threat to peace and stability in the entire region.
He said that the BJP-led Indian government, instead of taking steps to resolve the dispute in a peaceful manner, was banning pro-freedom one after another in IIOJK to further suppress the Kashmiris righteous demand of right to self-determination.
He said banning of political parties in IIOJK is part of Indian government’s relentless campaign to subjugate the political demand of the Kashmiris and persecute their leadership.
The statement said India must know that ideas can’t be banned or jailed by resorting to colonial tactics. He said that the Modi-led Indian regime must remember that pro-freedom parties represent the Kashmiris’ aspirations, adding, “Banning parties or attaching properties linked to them will not detach the IIOJK people from their righteous demand for right to self-determination”.
He said Indian agencies are trying to divide people of Kashmir on sectarian and communal lines to divert the attention of the international community from the real issue of Kashmir, which is once again reverberating at the world forums.
He said that that the Kashmiris’ aspirations should be considered and a realistic approach should be adopted to move forward and initiate a meaningful dialogue between India, Pakistan and the Kashmiris to settle the dispute.
The APHC spokesman said that meaningful and result-oriented dialogue process was the only way to settle the Kashmir dispute. He urged the world to impress upon India to shun its stubborn approach, respect the Kashmiris’ righteous demand and work towards resolving the dispute amicably.
Meanwhile, APHC leader, Abdul Samad Inqilabi, in a statement issued in Srinagar, urged the international community to play role in resolving the Kashmir and Palestine disputes so that lasting peace could be established in the South Asia and Middle East regions. He said that the indifference shown by the international community in resolving these two lingering conflicts has brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. He further said India has miserably failed in suppressing the freedom spirit of Kashmiris despite using all cruel tactics. Condemning the Modi govt’s ban on the Jammu and Kashmir National Front, Samad Inqilabi said that such nefarious tactics could not deter pro-freedom organizations and leaders from raising their voice for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute.—KMS
