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Hundreds Gather at Times Square to Commemorate Kashmir Martyrs Day

New York: In recognition of all those world,” Dr Mir added. unabated. Thousands of women have upon India to give the people of Kash- want peace but peace with dignity and
who have laid down their lives so Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary been gang raped, not to talk of mass mir the right to self-determination. honor. No country whatsoever has the
that the people of Kashmir may live General, WKAF, commenting on graves and children who been blinded Sardar Haleem Khan, leader of right to decide the fate of Kashmir,
with their heads held high, a peaceful the tragic day, stated: ‘It was on July by pellet gun wounds. JKLF, said that the mantle of the free- as it were the people of Kashmir who
protest took place at historic Times 13, 1931, that the foreign occupying Dr Khan added that the only dom struggle of Kashmir has been have the right to determine their po-
Square, New York, on July 13, 2021to Dogra troops shot dead 22 Kashmiris, solution to all major problems in the successfully passed on to the younger litical future.
commemorate the 90th anniversary in cold blood, in front of Srinagar region lies in the peaceful resolution generation and they are resolute and Khalid Awan, President of Peo-
of the ‘Martyrs Day’. Hundreds of Central Jail.’ Since that ominous day, of Kashmir. And that bilateral talks determined to take it to its logical ples Party USA, urged the Biden ad-
people attended the protest which was Kashmiris have organized peaceful between the two nations have never conclusion. The people of Kashmir ministration to place Kashmir on its
organized by the Washington-based protests, seminars and conferences taken off and direct involvement of have made it clear that the final solu- radar screen as India and Pakistan are
World Kashmir Awareness Forum throughout the world. July 13th is USA is needed if they are serious to tion of the Kashmir dispute demands nuclear-armed. He said that Kashmir
(WKAF). forever scarred in the collective minds achieve tangible results. that the Kashmiri leadership must has a special place in the manifesto of
Dr Ghulam Nabi Mir, President of the people of Kashmir as the day Dr Amerjit Singh, President, be a part of the negotiations with the Pakistan Peoples Party and the is-
WKAF, said on July 13, Kashmiris when the freedom movement was Khalistan Affair Center, said the Modi India and Pakistan. He appealed to sue cannot be ignored by the people
around the world are honoring the greeted with bullets.” Now, ‘Martyrs Regime in line with Nazi Germany is the world leaders to persuade India of Pakistan.
martyrs of the first massacre of Kash- Day’ memorializes all those innocent persecuting minorities in India. The to release Mohammad Yasin Malik Others who spoke included:
miri Muslims in Srinagar in a political victims, who have been forcibly si- Indian State has declared an ‘All Out who is the symbol of independence in Sardar Taj Khan, Sardar Zarif Khan,
uprising that took place in 1931. Indi- lenced since 1989 by the Indian mili- War’ against Punjab, Jammu & Kash- Jammu & Kashmir. Sardar Shoaib Irshad, Sardar Niaz
an invasion and occupation of Jammu tary and paramilitary forces. mir and Nagaland states where Sikhs, Saleem Qadri, representative of Khan, Azad Shah, Umar Hayat, Yasir
and Kashmir in 1947 has led to over Dr Fai added that the desire for Muslims and Christians are in the Masarat Alam, said that Kashmiris Maqsood, Waseem Maqsood, Sardar
100, 000 deaths of innocent Kashmiris self-determination is the one very big majority. We all should ‘hang togeth- are determined to press on with the Mushtaq, Sardar Habib-ur-Rehman,
and massive human rights violations “element” India should be concerned er’ rather than being hanged separate- resistance movement until total and Sardar Zubair Khan, Muhammad
and long jail sentences. about, yet it continues to pretend to ly. The right of self- determination complete freedom is achieved. He de- Hussain, Ms. Rubina,Ms. Abida Baji,
“Kashmiris are demanding to the world that it does not exist. How- is ‘the only solution’ for our survival. manded the unconditional release of Raja Razzak, Hurriya Waqar, Sardar
exercise their right to self-determi- ever long India refuses to acknowl- Freedom of Khalistan and Kashmir is all political prisoners, including Ma- Farooq,Advocate, Sardar Imtiaz Khan
nation as mandated by the UN Se- edge it, the decades-old movement in imperative and inevitable. sarat Alam. Garalavi, Daud Maqsood, Zafar
curity Council. We ask the people of Kashmir will not simply die out. Ariful Haq Arif, one of the senior Sardar Sajid Sawar said the Kash- Haqani, Mahmood Akber, Irfan Mir,
the world to stand up and speak up Dr Imtiaz Khan, Professor at most journalists of Pakistan who orig- mir issue needs to be resolved as soon Umer Hayat, Azad Gilani, Moham-
for the freedom of Kashmir. Our ap- George Washington University Medi- inally hails from Kashmir, said that it as possible for the sake of interna- mad Azim, Yasir Maqsood, Nasim
peal to the Biden Administration is to cal Center, said that today we have was a colonial power - Great Britain tional peace and security. As citizens Maqsood, Abdullah khan, Sultan
seriously engage India, Pakistan and gathered to commemorate the mar- - who created the problem of Kash- of the digital world, we demand from khan, Habib, Shabaz Sayed, Bagim
legitimate representatives of Kashmir tyrdom of 21 innocent Kashmiris. mir. He believed that it could be the all peace-loving countries to come Star, Farooq Blooch, Auringzab,
in a results-oriented peaceful resolu- The atrocities on the peace-loving sole super power – the United States forward and support our cause. Ishtaq Raja. - gnfai2003@yahoo.
tion of this most serious conflict of the people of that region are continuing – which has the leverage to impress Amna Habib said Kashmiris com
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