London, March 08, 2023 (PPI-OT): A conference on “International Women’s Day and rights violations in occupied Jammu and Kashmir” was held in the British House of Commons, London, in which former Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Raja Muhammad Farooq Haidar was the chief guest. The conference was hosted by Raja Najabat Hussain, Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Movement for Self-Determination International.
Raja Muhammad Farooq Haidar Khan while speaking on the occasion said that the role of overseas Kashmiris in promoting the freedom movement of Kashmir at the global level is of fundamental importance. He said that today the International Women’s Day is being celebrated all over the world, while women in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir are facing atrocities and serious violations of human rights.
Raja Farooq Haidar Khan urged the Kashmiris abroad to work for the cause of Kashmir above all political, regional and other affiliations. Raja Najabat Hussain said that Kashmiris have been suffering Indian atrocities for more than 75 years and today, when the International Women’s Day is being celebrated, the human rights atrocities on Kashmiri women are continuing unabated in occupied Jammu and Kashmir. He stressed the British government’s role in preventing Indian atrocities on women in Jammu and Kashmir and the release of detained women.
Among others who attended the conference include AJK Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas, Professor Taqdees Gillani, MLA Focal Person PM AJK, Shadow Minister Naz Shah MP, Debbie Abrahams MP Chairperson APPG on Kashmir in the British, Shadow Minister Barrister Imran Hussain MP, Senior Vice Chairman APPG on Kashmir, Lord Qurban Hussain Secretary APPG on Kashmir, Andrew Gwynne MP Chairman Labour Friends of Kashmir, James Daly MP Chairman Conservative Friends of Kashmir, Shadow Minister Dr Afzal Khan MP, Rachel Hopkins MP Vice Chairperson Labour Friends of Kashmir, Mohammad Yaseen MP from Bedford, Robbie Moore MP from Keighley, Sam Terry MP from Ilford, Kate Holerne MP of Blackburn, Dr Lord Wajid Khan of Burnley, former Commissioner Overseas Kashmiris Raja Zubair Iqbal Kiani, Former Advisor PMAJK Mirza Tanweer Akhtar Jarral, Former Mayor of Luton Mohammad Riaz Butt, Secretary General All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference UK Professor Mumtaz Ahmed Butt, Professor Imtiaz Hussain, Raja Zarar Hussain, Barrister Shahzada Hayat, Cllr Obaid, Sheikh Ramzi Ahmed, Rehana Ali and Laiq Ali and Cllr Mohammad Nazam of Keighley.
Conference was opened by Shadow Minister Naz Shah MP and Presided by Raja Najabat Hussain.
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