Islamabad, June 15, 2023 (PPI-OT): APHC-AJK leader Muhammad Farooq Rehmani has paid glowing tributes to the struggle and sacrifice of mujahid commander Nazir Ahmad Shah Shaheed who was martyred by Indian forces in custody in June 1994. Rehmani in a statement issued in Islamabad said that Shaheed Nazir Ahmad Shah was a leading freedom fighter during the 1980s and 1990s and had took over as the chief of Jehad Force after Abdul Khaliq Ghanai known as Jemal Afghani was martyred by the Indian occupation forces.

Nazir Ahmad Shah led the struggle of freedom successfully till he was nabbed and arrested by the Indian occupation forces and murdered in custody on 15 June 1994. His martyrdom news had sent shock waves throughout the Valley and people observed shutter-down for three days. In Kaloosa Bandipore, the martyred leader’s kith and kin offered Fateh and recited Quran for the blessings of the departed soul.

In the meantime, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani has castigated the Indian regime for its repression over Kashmir. He condemned NIA action against Moulana Rehmtullah Qasmi, patron of a religious seminary in Bandipore. He demanded release of all political detainees including Muhammad Yasin Malik.

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