Tribute paid to great leader
Mubashar Naqvi
Muzaffarabad/Rawalpindi
The 52nd death anniversary of renowned Kashmiri leader, Raees-ul-Ahrar Chaudhary Ghulam Abbas was observed throughout Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday with renewed pledge that Kashmiris will continue their struggle till the liberation movement is crowned with success. It was a public holiday in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Various political, religious and social organizations arranged different functions including seminars to mark the anniversary throughout the state.
The day dawned with special prayers in mosques for the departed soul of great Kashmiri leader, early liberation of Jammu and Kashmir, progress and prosperity of Pakistan. Quran Khawani was also held at different mosques. The main function of the anniversary was held at the Mazar of prominent Kashmiri leader near Faizabad in Rawalpindi. A contingent of police Jawans presented salute during Change of Guards ceremony.
AJK President Sardar Masood Khan, Prime Minister Farooq Haider Khan, Speaker Shah Ghulam Qadir, former Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, Federal Ministers Azam Khan Sawati, Sheikh Rasheed and others laid floral wreath at the Mazzar and paid glowing tribute to the late Kashmiri leader for his matchless services for the Kashmir liberation struggle. AJK Cabinet and Legislative Assembly Members and a large number of political figures and people belonging to different walks of life visited the mazar and offered fatiha.
AJK President, Prime Minister, Speaker and other cabinet members paid glowing tributes to the political services of Chaudhary Ghulam Abbas and vowed to continue their struggle for completion of his mission. They said Kashmiris will soon see dawn of freedom and Kashmir will ultimately be annexed to Pakistan.
Meanwhile Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan has said that Kashmiri nation, following the footprints of Raees-ul-Ahrar Chaudhary Ghulam Abbas would continue just struggle till achieving their UN acknowledged right to self determination. He was addressing the 52nd death anniversary of Quaid-e-Millat Chaudhary Ghulam Abbas at his Mazzar near Faizabad here on Wednesday.
Paying glowing tribute to the great Kashmiri leader, the Prime Minister said that he never met a leader like Ghulam Abbas in his life. “Raees-ul-Ahrar was the real custodian who spent all his life working for accession of Kashmir with Pakistan”, he added. Raja Farooq Haider said Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas was a graceful personality and great leader who was always kind to the workers and fellow human beings. “People like him born in centuries”, Haider remarked.
He added that Quaid-e-Millat was the person who successfully foiled the tactics of Sheikh Abdullah. “Although Pakistan didn’t value the political services of the Kashmiri leadership, however Chaudhary Ghulam Abbas never complaint about it to the Pakistani rulers”, he said. The Prime Minister also paid rich tribute to the Sardar Abdul Qayyume Khan and said that he was a towering personality with unlimited qualities. “People like Mujahid-e-Awwal and Quaid-e-Millat would never come again however their ideologies live forever”, premier added.
