ISLAMABAD, Sep 23 (DNA): The All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders
have hailed the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, Anwaar-ul-Haq
Kakar, for highlighting the Kashmir dispute and representing the
Kashmiris’ aspirations in his address to the United Nations General
Assembly.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the Prime Minister in his address,
last night, urged the UN to secure the implementation of its resolutions
on Kashmir, which, he said, is the key to peace between Pakistan and
India. He said, the Jammu and Kashmir dispute is one of the oldest
disputes on the agenda of the World Body.
The illegally detained senior APHC leader, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, in a
message from New Delhi’s Tihar Jail termed the Pakistan Prime Minister’s
speech as a true reflection of Kashmiris’ sentiments. He said Kashmiri
people are thankful to the Pakistani nation and government for lending
all-out support to their ongoing freedom struggle.
The APHC leader said Pakistan has consistently raised the Kashmir
dispute at the international fora and used made political and diplomatic
efforts to raise global awareness about its early resolution.
He expressed the hope that the world community will take cognizance of
the brutal tactics India is using to suppress the freedom struggle of
the Kashmiri people. It is time that the world must play its due role in
holding India accountable for the crimes committed by its troops in
illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, he added.
APHC leaders, Khawaja Firdous, Syed Bashir Andrabi and Muhammad Shafi
Lone, in a joint statement in Srinagar said the Pakistan Prime Minister
has won the hearts of the Kashmiri people by effectively highlighting
the Kashmir dispute in the UNGA.
They said New Delhi must know that the tension between Pakistan and
India will end only when the Kashmir dispute is permanently resolved.
They said Pakistan has always advocated the settlement of the Kashmir
dispute according to the UN resolutions and aspirations of the Kashmiri
people but India’s stubbornness has remained the main impediment in
achieving this objective.
APHC leaders, Fayaz Hussain Jafari and Syed Sibte Shabbir Qummi, in a
joint statement issued in Srinagar said the Prime Minister of Pakistan
in his address truly represented the sentiments of Kashmiris. They said
while India has denied the right to self-determination to the Kashmiris
through its military might, Pakistan has remained a strong advocate and
supporter of their birthright.
They said India’s because of India’s continued intransigence on the
Kashmir dispute not only the Kashmiris are suffering but the peace of
entire region is at stake. They maintained that the people of Kashmir
are very grateful to Pakistan for its political, diplomatic and moral
support to their just cause.
Meanwhile, the APHC-AJK Convener, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, in a statement
in Islamabad said the Pakistan Prime Minister advocated the Kashmiris’
right to self-determination and exposed the Indian atrocities in IIOJK
in an effective manner.
He said India has made the lives of Kashmiris miserable by continuously
violating the UN resolutions while Pakistan has been forcefully calling
for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the
Kashmiris’ aspirations.
Senior leader of APHC-AJK, Ghulam Muhammad Safi, lauded Pakistan Prime
Minister for highlighting the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in its real
perspective at the UNGA. He hoped that the UN Security Council will take
steps to ensure implementation of its resolutions regarding the holding
of plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir to enable the Kashmiris to decide
their fate by themselves.
Another APHC-AJK leader, Altaf Hussain Wani, in his statement thanked
Pakistan Prime Minister for raising the Kashmir dispute in his speech at
the august forum. He said, the people of Jammu and Kashmir owe a debt of
gratitude to the government and people of Pakistan for their continued
and consistent support to the Kashmiris’ legitimate struggle for the
right to self-determination.
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