Hundreds of young political activists and students assembled in a big playground in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) capital on Monday to express solidarity with their contemporaries braving tyranny and oppression across the Line of Control (LoC) without any diminution in their resolve for freedom.
The gathering at the University College Ground, just across the mausoleums of Mirwaz Maulvi Yousuf Shah and K H Khurshid in the main old city, also saw teachers, traders, senior political leaders and All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) AJK chapter representatives among the attendees, including AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed who had given the call for observance of this day.
Apart from the speeches by leaders in attendance, participants also heard Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq from Srinagar by telephone.
The entire venue was decorated with panaflex banners, inscribed with pro-freedom and anti-India slogans. Most of the young participants were also holding placards with similar slogans and waving Pakistani and AJK flags.
Mr Majeed condemned the brutalities let loose by Indian troops in held Kashmiri, particularly the persecution of Kashmiri youths for their only sin of “irresistible love for Pakistan.”
“I want to assure all my brothers and sisters across the divide especially young generation that we are with you through thick and thin and being the prime minister of the base camp (launch pad) of freedom movement, its my prime responsibility to utilise all energies for the accomplishment of our common goal,” he said.
Pointing out that the unresolved Kashmir issue posed a grave threat to the peace and stability of the entire South Asian region, Mr Majeed said: “The world is on the verge of a dreadful nuclear war which India is persistently inviting through its intransigence vis-à-vis peaceful resolution of the longstanding Kashmir issue.”
Referring to the recently held Indian polls, he maintained that it made no difference that who had come to power in the so-called largest democracy because Kashmiris had never accepted Indian constitution and farcical elections under it.
He expressed gratitude to political and military leadership of Pakistan, particularly Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif, for their bold and just stance on Kashmir as well as unflinching moral, diplomatic and political support to the Kashmiri people.
In his address, Mr Geelani also thanked the government and the people of AJK and Pakistan for their support to the struggling Kashmiris.
“A strong Pakistan with a united leadership is not just the need of the Pakistanis but also of the oppressed Kashmiris as it ensures their early emancipation,” he said.
Appreciating the youths of AJK and Pakistan for their show of solidarity, he said: “You are our future and you need to maintain your sublime character, righteousness and higher degree of morality to move ahead and take charge of the freedom movement.”
In his address, the Mirwaiz observed that sacrifices offered by the Kashmiri youths were the golden chapter of the history of struggle for right to self-determination.
“Hurriyat has a slogan Kashmir ka Tarjuman Kashmir ka Nojwaan (Youth of Kashmir is the representative of Kashmir) because the youth that started freedom struggle and they will take it to its logical end,” he said.
The Mirwaiz recalled that around 10,000 youngsters were missing in held Kashmir and thousands others had been unlawfully put behind the bars but, nonetheless, India had miserably failed to stamp out their struggle.
AJK Legislative Assembly speaker Sardar Ghulam Sadiq, ruling Peoples Party secretary general and finance minister Chaudhry Latif, and several other leaders also spoke on the occasion. Later, a memorandum was delivered at the UN mission here.
Officials said that similar rallies were also staged in other parts of AJK…Tariq Naqash
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