ISLAMABAD: All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) chapter has paid rich tribute to the martyrs of the Sopore massacre.
The APHC-AJK organized a conference, today, on the anniversary of the martyrs of the Sopore massacre under the chairmanship of Convener Mahmood Ahmed Saghar.
Addressing the conference, Hurriyat leaders said that it was on this day in January 1993 when Indian troops massacred innocent people in Sopore and set hundreds of shops and houses on fire. He added that the great sacrifices of the martyrs were a valuable asset of the freedom movement, which the Kashmiris would protect at all costs.
The Hurriyat leaders said that India had failed to suppress the freedom spirit of the Kashmiris with all its brutal tactics and tyranny. They said that India should shun the path of oppression and realise the ground realities of the occupied territory and give the Kashmiris their birthright to self-determination.
The Hurriyat leaders maintained that durable peace and development in the region was not possible until the lingering Kashmir dispute was resolved in accordance with the United Nations resolutions and the will of the Kashmiri people.
Besides Mahmood Ahmed Saghar, Ghulam Muhammad Safi, Altaf Hussain Wani, Sheikh Abdul Mateen, Hassan Bana, Muhammad Hussain Khateeb, Sanaullah Dar, Zahid Safi, Raja Khadim Hussain, Mian Muzaffar, Adeel Mushtaq Wani, Zahid Ashraf, Gulshan Ahmed, Ashfaq Balwal, Sheikh Abdul Majid and Imtiaz Wani addressed the conference.
At the end of the function, prayers were offered for the elevation of ranks of the martyrs of Kashmir and former Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Qazi Hussain Ahmed.
On the occasion, the APHC-AJK leaders expressed their grief and sorrow over the deaths of Hurriyat activists Nasrullah Khaki and Muhammad Umar, and expressed solidarity with the bereaved families.
Raja Najabat urges world powers to take solid steps for Kashmir solution
Mirpur, January 06 (KMS): The Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Self-Determination Movement International, Raja Najabat Hussain has urged the world powers to take solid steps for settlement of the Kashmir dispute.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Raja Najabat Hussain addressing a function in Mirpur in connection with Kashmiris’ Right to Self-Determination Day said a comprehensive strategy and policy should be formulated and the Kashmiris, who are the main parties to the dispute, should be given a role to implement it and take it forward.
He said as a Kashmiri he appeals to all the national leadership, the heads of all national institutions and the heads of all decision-making bodies to take the Kashmiri leadership, Hurriyat leadership and other Kashmiris into confidence regarding the Kashmir dispute and take a solid decision according to the requirements of the time.
Raja Najabat Hussain said the people of Pakistani and Kashmir want to complete Pakistan by liberating the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir from Indian yoke. Strong and stable Pakistan could effectively advocate the Kashmir cause at international level, he added.
He maintained that lacs of Pakistanis and Kashmiris were living abroad and reiterated the pledge to make Pakistan a prosperous country. He said that the Kashmir freedom movement would be taken to its logical end at every cost.
