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Monday, October 28, 2013
Govt urged to ramp up efforts for Kashmir cause
Staff Report
LAHORE: Political parties and Kashmiri non-governmental organisations observed ‘Black Day’ against illegal occupation of Kashmir by India on Sunday.
They held separate seminars and protest demonstrations demanding international forces to force India to give Kashmiris a right of self-determination.
The ‘Black Day’ was aimed to convey international community that the Kashmiris had rejected illegal occupation by India on Jammu and Kashmir that was Muslim majority area since the time when Indian troops occupied the area forcefully on October 27, in 1947.
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) chapter organised a special seminar at the residence of its leader Diwan Ghulam Mohaud at Shah Jamal colony wherein leaders of different political parties’ including Rana Shehzad of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz, Fareed Paracha of Jammat Islami, Mirza Sadiq Jalal of Muslim Conference also participated. While the PPP Kashmiri leaders including Farooq Azad, Dr Ahsan and Afnan Butt also spoke on the occasion.
All the Kashmiri leaders unanimously demanded the government that it should enhance its efforts for the cause of Kashmiris. They also requested all the human rights organisations of the world and international community to stop India for violating the rights of Kashmiri people.
Addressing the ceremony, the political leaders said the black day was not against the people of India but against the atrocities and New Delhi’s refusal to give them right of self-determination. They said that Indian troops invaded Jammu and Kashmir and occupied it in total violation of the partition plan of the subcontinent and against the aspirations of the Kashmiri people on October 27, 1947.
They said Jammu and Kashmir was a Muslim majority state and had a natural tendency to accede to Pakistan in view of its geography, people’s aspirations, culture, and religion. Right from the day one, the people of Kashmir did not accept India’s illegal occupation and started an armed struggle with the total support of the public in 1947, they said. They stressed over the implementation on the United Nations’ resolution.
Youth Forum of Kashmir Lahore organisation also held a separate function and demonstration against Indian occupied Kashmir and demanded the government that it should give a loud and clear message to India that Kashmiris reject its illegal occupation of their homeland and they are determined to continue their struggle till getting rid of Indian subjugation.
The forum’s representatives also stressed over the international human rights organisations that they should play their role against Indian forces who are continuing atrocities against Kashmiri people in occupied areas. They also demanded India directly that it must give the right of self-determination to the people of Kashmir as per its commitment.
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (AJK) Lahore separately held a protest demonstration at Lahore Press Club. The protesters were led by the Sadique Waqqar, chanting slogans against the Indian forces for their aggression in Kashmir.Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk