Islamabad, July 19, 2023 (PPI-OT): Speakers at a webinar, while highlighting the significance of the July 19 resolution, have said that Kashmiris have rendered unprecedented sacrifices to materialize the dream that was envisioned by their ancestors much before the creation of Pakistan. The webinar hosted by the Kashmir Institute of International Relations was addressed by political leaders, academicians, journalists and civil society representatives hailing from both sides of the line of control (LoC) including Prof Nazir Ahmed Shwal , Ghulam Muhammad Safi , Syed Muhammad Ali, Syed Yousaf Naseem , Raja Najabat , Owais Bin Wasi , Engineer Hamza Shahyar, Dr. Raja Sajjad latief , Dr. Waleed Rasool , Naila Altaf Kaniye, Syed Arif Bihar and webinar was moderated by Altaf Hussain Wani.
Speaking on the occasion, the panelists, while shedding light on different dimensions of the historic resolution, said that the resolution that was adopted during an extraordinary meeting held at the former AJK president Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan’s residence at Abiguzar in Srinagar on July 19, 1947, speaks volumes about the wisdom and political foresightedness of the Kashmiri leadership who decided to link Kashmir’s future with Pakistan. They said that the 19July resolution has great significance in the Kashmiris’ resistance struggle. “The historic resolution, while setting a clear direction for the Kashmiris’ movement, made it absolutely clear that India was no longer an option for the Kashmiri people”.
Lauding the Kashmiris’ decades-long struggle, the speakers said that despite using all means of oppression, India has badly failed to eliminate Pakistan’s love from the hearts of the Kashmiri people. “After invading Kashmir, India was first to lodge a complaint in the United Nations against Pakistan, but it was quite astonishing to note that the Indian leadership later on backtracked from its own commitments and promises of holding a referendum in Kashmir and refused to implement the roadmap, the highest forum presented to resolve the Kashmir problem”, they said.
Terming New Delhi’s traditional intransigence and hostile attitude as a stumbling block in the way of peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute, the speakers said that instead of reciprocating to Pakistan’s peace overtures, the Indian rulers remained stubbornly stick to their position on Kashmir. They said that political disempowerment and marginalization of the majority community and attempts to change the region’s demography continued unabated.
“Under the given circumstances, there is a dire need that the international community, in particular the United Nations must come forward and play their role to settle the lingering dispute that has been the main cause and consequence of bloodshed and violence in the region”, they said.
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