Condolence programmes for resistance icon against Indian occupation, Qaid-e-Hurriyat, Shaheed Syed Ali Gilani were held in different cities of UK, Den-mark, Norway, Italy and Germany on the call of Tehreek-e-Kashmir, UK, and Europe.
Many Kashmirs and Pakistanis attended and remembered his life full of struggles for not only Kashmir but for humanity as he was the voice for justice.
Kashmiris and Pakistanis remembered his famous slogan “Hum Pakistani hain aur Pakistan humera hai with passion and determination to carry his wishes forward to fulfill his dream.
Addressing a condolence reference of Syed Ali Gilani in Birmingham, the President of Tehreek-e Kashmir, UK, Raja Fahim Kayani said that Syed Ali Gilani was loved all over the world but UK has most of the K ashmiris after Kashmir was divided between Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Indian oc-cupied Jammu and Kashmir.
He said, Syed Ali Shah Gilani spent his most life in prison or tried to unite the Kashmiris to gain freedom from India.
Syed Ali Gilanij, he added, had been under house arrest for last 12 years. “He was systematically murdered by the Indian government. We condemned the forced burial of Gilani by the Indian forces against his last wishes, without his family present.”
He deplored that an FIR was also lodged under draconian law Unlawful Activities Prevention Act against the family members of Syed Ali Gilani and others for raising pro-freedom slogans and putting Pakistani flag on his body 1967 (UAPA).. —INP