Commenting on the Indian supreme court’s verdict, Azad Jammu Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Ch
Latif Akbar said that the politically motivated verdict was actually a continuation of the August 5, 2019 move that led to the revocation of Kashmir’s special status of the internationally acknowledged disputed occupied state.
He was addressing an extraordinary session of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
The session was chaired by Speaker AJK Legislative Assembly Ch Latif Akbar and was specially attended and addressed by caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwar ul Haq Kakar, Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, Leader of the Opposition Khawaja Farooq Ahmed and others, said the AJK government’s official statement issued here late Thursday.
Pertinently, the special session of the Legislative Assembly was convened against the backdrop of the Indian Supreme Court verdict that validated key decisions the Modi government had taken on and after 5th August 2019.
In his opening remarks, the Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar, while welcoming the Prime Minister of Pakistan, said that his arrival in the august House has boosted the morale of Kashmiris on both sides of the ceasefire line, especially those who were engaged in a freedom struggle on the other side of dividing line.
Commenting on the Indian supreme court’s verdict, Akbar said that the politically motivated verdict was actually a continuation of the August 5, 2019 move that led to the revocation of Kashmir’s special status and dissolution of the state.
He said that this lopsided decision was a clear viola-tion of the United Nations resolutions. He said that in the presence of United Nations resolutions this decision has no legal standing.
He said that the decision cannot supersede the UNSC’s resolutions.
Addressing the session, Leader of Opposition Kha-waja Farooq Ahmed said that it was expected that the Supreme Court of India would endorse and put a seal of approval on government’s decision.
He said that Pakistan was the sole advocate of the Kashmiri people. “We wish the Government of Pakistan should take up the issue aggressively at the international level and adopt a cogent and convincing approach to galvanize world support in favour of the Kashmiris’ right to self determination”, he said.
