Masood urges international community to help resolve Kashmir issue
Our Correspondents
Muzaffarabad
Almost all cities of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sunday banged with various anti-India rallies and procession taken out by all segments of the civil society from different parts of the city to mark protest against continued illegal Indian occupation of Jammu and Kashmir since past 72 years.
The day was observed as Black Day every year to mark extreme resentment and indignation over the continued unlawful and forcible occupation of bulk of Jammu Kashmir state by the Indian tyrannical forces. India had entered armed military troops in Srinagar this day 72 years ago on October 27, 1947 forcibly against the aspirations of the people of the state.
All the Black Day processions taken out by social, political and religious organizations, youth, government employees, business community, journalists, lawyers, students and the city elite from all other segments of the civil society later converged into a mammoth protest rally at Shaheed chowk where speakers reiterated that the people of Jammu & Kashmir neither ever accepted the illegal occupation of their motherland by India nor will accept the same at any cost in the future.
The city was banged with full-throat slogans of ‘Bhooka Nangaa Hindustan – Kashmir Baney Gaa Pakistan’, ‘Bharti Ghazbo – Chore Do Kashmir Ko’, ‘Go Back’, ‘Go India Go’, ‘Pakistan Zindabad – Kashmir Baney Gaa Pakistan’, ‘ Jeeway Jeeway – Pakistan’, and ‘ Pakistan Say Rishta Kiyaa – La e Laa Haa Illalah’.
This year, observance of the Black Day was particularly aimed at to apprise the Indian nefarious actions of abrogating special status of the disputed occupied Jammu Kashmir state through scrapping article 370 and 35-A of the Indian constitution, ethnic cleansing of the population of the disputed Muslim-majoirty Jammu Kashmir state besides the continual reign of state terrorism and human rights abuses in the bleeding vale of Kashmir.
Hundreds of people from all walks of life earlier thronged the streets this morning to join the protest rally to mark the Black Day, observed throughout AJK besides occupied Jammu Kashmir and rest of the world.
The major rally was held by National Events Organizing Committee Mirpur district comprising all segments of the civil society including various private and public representative organizations, social and political parties, journalists organizations, faculty members and students of MUST varsity besides all local schools and colleges and others.
Meanwhile,`President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Masood Khan has urged the world community to help the oppressed people of occupied Kashmir and bring an end to the dark night of slavery for them.
In a message on the occasion of Kashmir Black day, he said the international community must not ignore the Kashmir issue perceiving it a territorial dispute between the two countries but realise it an issue of the freedom and right to self-determination.
The AJK president reminded that the international community had recognised the right of self-determination of Kashmiri people under the relevant UN resolutions passed seven decades ago.
He said October 27th is the darkest day in the history of Kashmir when India had landed its army in Kashmir on this day in 1947, and had occupied a vast part of the state but Kashmiri people had refused to accept this aggression.
Sardar Masood Khan said that those resisting the unlawful occupation of Kashmir are being killed, injured and incarcerated.
He said the Indian army uses cluster ammunition to kill and maim children innocent civilian in violation of international law.
The AJK president warned that if Kashmir issue is not resolved according to the wishes and aspirations of the Kashmiri people, and the international community does not take notice India’s war hysteria, no one would be able to avert war in this region.
