Srinagar, August 13, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Hurriyat leaders and organizations have felicitated the people and government of Pakistan on eve of their Independence Day.
Khawaja Firdous, Abdul Ahad Parra, Yasmeen Raja, Engineer Hilal Ahmad War, the Jammu and Kashmir National Front, the Jammu and Kashmir Employees Movement, Shabbir Ahamd Dar, Muhammad Iqbal Mir, HR activist Muhammad Ahsan Untoo, General Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Political Resistance Movement (JKPRM), Dr Musaib Ahmad, Abdul Samad Inqilabi, Acting Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, JKPL Vice Chairman, Syed Aijaz Rehmani, Kashmir Tehreeke Khawateen, General Secretary, Ms Shamim Shawl, Tehreek–e-Istiqlal Vice Chairman, Mushtaq Ahmad Butt and JKSM Chairman, Altaf Ahmad Butt in their separate statements expressed the hope that Pakistan would continue to play its selfless and historic role in bringing the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination movement to its logical conclusion.
They in their separate statements said, the day is not away when the people of Kashmir will also celebrate the Independence Day with their Pakistani brothers. He also prayed for prosperity, solidarity and integrity of Pakistan. “We pray for peace, prosperity, stability and integrity of Pakistan,” they added.
The leaders also thanked the Government of Pakistan for its moral, political and diplomatic support to the oppressed people of Kashmir in pursuing their struggle for right to self-determination as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.
They said, unresolved Kashmir dispute is a nuclear flashpoint and is causing a constant potential threat to nuclear war hovering over the entire South Asia. Therefore, to avoid any nuclear confrontation, meaningful dialogue between India, Pakistan and the true representatives of the Kashmiris is imperative, they added.
They said that like past, Pakistan would continue its support to the people of Kashmir on political and diplomatic levels for their birth right to self-determination. They urged the world powers to put pressure on India to take some tangible steps for the early resolution of Kashmir dispute so that the worst type of human rights violation being committed in IIOJK could be stopped. They said that stable and prosperous Pakistan was imperative for peace in the region.
Meanwhile, the leaders in their statements urged the people of Kashmir to observe Indian Independence Day, August 15 as Black Day as a mark of protest against India’s forcible occupation of Kashmir.
Terming India as usurper, they said the country that has deprived millions of Kashmiris of their fundamental rights and snatched their fundamental freedoms by occupying their motherland has no justification, whatsoever, to celebrate Independence Day.
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