AJK speaker concerned

Nisar Ahmed Thokar
Islamabad, Aug 11: The speaker of AJK Legislative Assembly Shah Ghulam Qadir has urged the world community to take effective cognizance of the worsening human rights situation in Kashmir.
Addressing a press conference at Muzaffarabad on Wednesday, Shah voiced serious concern over the simmering situation in the troubled valley and said that the escalating violence and target killing of Kashmiri youth by Indian forces were a great challenge for humanity and world at large.
The Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader said that the international community should come forward in a big way to put an immediate end to the unabated human rights violations being inflicted upon the hapless people of Kashmir.
Referring to PML-N’s stance on Kashmir, Shah said that Nawaz Sharief has voiced his grave concern over the latest situation in Kashmir and called for an immediate end to rights abuses in the valley.
While appreciating Kashmiris’ unprecedented sacrifices and their political resolve he said that it was astonishing to note that the political leadership on this side of line of control has failed to play its due role to highlight the plight of Kashmiris. He said that the political leadership has miserably failed to fulfill their responsibilities vis-à-vis the ongoing freedom struggle in Jammu and Kashmir.

Referring to PML-N’s stance on Kashmir, Shah said that Nawaz Sharief has voiced his grave concern over the latest situation in Kashmir and called for an immediate end to rights abuses in the valley. The PML-N spokesperson said that his party would play its due role to strengthen Kashmiris’ legitimate movement both at national as well as international level.

He said that in view of the current mass uprising in the valley, state-wide strike should be observed in AJK to express complete solidarity with the struggling people of Kashmir. He maintained Indian Independence Day would be observed as a black day as mark of protest against India’s illegal occupation on Jammu and Kashmir.

Expressing solidarity with the flood affected people of the region he said on one hand people have badly suffered as a result of the flash-floods while on the other hand the rulers were busy in the formation of government.