NRKS REMEMBER JAMMU MARTYRS

NISAR THOKER

Islamabad, Nov 6: While urging the US president Barack Obama to fulfill his promise with regard to the settlement of the Kashmir issue, No Resident Kashmiris (NRKs) at a seminar hosted by Pak chapter of Hurriyat Conference (M) here on Saturday maintained that a just and equitable solution of the festering dispute was must to ensure durable peace in South Asian region.
The seminar held in connection with “Youmi Shuhada-e-Jammu,” was attended by PaK president Raja Zulqarnain Khan, supreme head of JKLF, Ammanullah Khan, Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, Syed Yousuf Naseem, Rafique Ahmed Dar and several others.
Speaking on the occasion, the participants paid eulogizing tributes to the Jammu martyrs.
Terming November 6 as one of the black days in Kashmir history, they said, “ pointed out that the history of the troubled region was a wash with heart-wrenching tales of repression and suppression.
Referring to century’s old cultural tradition of peaceful co-existence they said that history was witness to the fact that when innocent Muslims were butchered like animals in Jammu, not a single person from minority community was touched in the Valley.
Delegates praised Kashmiris for remaining firm on their resolve. “In pursuance of the internationally pledged right people of Jammu and Kashmir have rendered matchless sacrifices to achieve their legitimate right which had been guaranteed to them by the world community and the leaders of India and Pakistan,” he added.
Terming India’s “intransigence” as a major hurdle in the way of peace, the speakers said the world community’s “pathetic attitude” towards the resolution of Kashmir issue and policy of indifference by the international community has disappointed people of the region.
The participants adopted more than half a dozen resolutions demanding the US president Barack Obama to impress upon India to help resolve Kashmir dispute peacefully in accordance with the wishes of Kashmiris.