Srinagar
In occupied Kashmir, Hurriyat leaders and organizations have paid rich tributes to top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, Junaid Sehrai and his associate, who were martyred by Indian troops during a cordon and search operation in Srinagar, Tuesday.
The Acting Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Muslim League, Farooq Ahmad Tawheedi while expressing condolences with Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai and family of other martyr, reiterated the Kashmiris’ resolve to continue the martyrs’ mission till complete freedom from Indian bondage. He also demanded the release of all Kashmiri detainees before Eid-ul-Fitr.
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front in a statement also expressed condolences over the killing of Junaid Sehrai and his associate by the Indian troops in Srinagar.
APHC leader, Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, in a statement in Srinagar said that the sacrifices of Junaid Sehrai and other Kashmiri youth who had laid down their lives for the Kashmir cause would always be remembered. He said that Indian rulers must realize the fact that the Kashmiris were resolute in their struggle to achieve freedom from the Indian yoke.
Jammu and Kashmir Youth Social Forum (JKYSF) Chairman, Umar Aadil Dar, and Hurriyat leader Fridous Ahmad Shah in their separate statements while paying rich tributes to Junaid Sehrai and his associate said that the people need to get united on a single platform for the freedom cause. They called for release of all Hurriyat leaders and activists.
Democratic Political Movement Chairman, Khawaja Fridous, while paying tributes to all Kashmiri martyrs called upon the United Nations to play its role in resolving the Kashmir dispute in accordance with its Security Council resolutions to stop genocide of the Kashmiris in the territory.
The Chairperson of Kashmir Muslim Khawateen Markaz, Yasmeen Raja, in a statement in Srinagar said that the Kashmiri youth like Junaid Sehrai were rendering their lives for a great cause and Kashmiris would not allow their sacrifices to go waste. She said that the ongoing freedom movement would be taken to its logical conclusion, despite all odds.
Tehreek-e-Wahdat-e-Islami in a statement in Srinagar said that devotion and sacrifices of youth like Junaid Sehrai were the real assets of the freedom movement. TWI pointed out that Junaid Sehrai and other martyrs have carved their names in the history with their blood and unmatched sacrifices. It maintained that there is no noble cause than laying one’s life in the pursuit of freedom of motherland and that the sacrifices of Kashmiri martyrs would not go in vain.
The Jammu and Kashmir Islami Tanzeem-e-Azadi in a statement said that India had lost its battle in occupied Kashmir, therefore, it was resorting to killing of innocent Kashmiris and destruction of their properties in its vindictive actions in the territory. It expressed solidarity with the families of Junaid Sehrai and other martyred youth.—KMS