“Pay homage to Martyrs of Jammu”
Nisar Ahmed Thokar
Islamabad, Nov 06: Speakers at a seminar hosted by APHC-M Pak chapter here on Tuesday took serious note of the Pakistan interior secretary’s recent statement on Kashmir and demanded the incumbent government initiate stern action against the official.
It is worth to mention here that The Secretary Interior while presenting the ministry’s viewpoint regarding the messy situation in Balochistan made some startling and otiose observations, which straightaway negated Pakistan’s stand on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
Expressing dissatisfaction over Interior Secretary’s remarks on Kashmir, speakers said that the PPP led coalition government should clarify its position on the subject. They opined that making no difference between Kashmir and other states of India, the Secretary Interior’s statement before the country’s top judge has negated Pakistan’s stance besides lending credence to its claims that Kashmir was an internal problem of India. “India can use it as a reference at international level to strengthen its argument”, one of the speakers said.
“The PPP leadership has been making off the cuff statements on Kashmir”, they said adding that at times they say that the guns should rust while in the same breath they declare Kashmir as part of India. “It is a matter of great concern for Kashmiris and the PPP government must clarify its position”, they said.
Speaking on the occasion, Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan, the president of PaK while terming the interior secretary’s remarks as insignificant said that a statement by a government official was not worthy of notice. He, however, maintained that if all the politico-religious parties and the government of PaK were strong enough mentally and ideologically no one can even dare to thrust a solution on them. He made it clear that the political leadership of Pakistan was aware of the sensitivities of the Kashmir issue and there would be no compromise on this issue of vital national interest. “The people of Pakistan, the armed forces and the government of Pakistan are one and united on the issue of Kashmir”, he added.
Speakers also paid eulogizing tributes to Jammu Martyrs, speakers reaffirmed their resolve to continue their liberation struggle till they achieve their inalienable right to self-determination. They said that during the first week of November in 1947, hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris, who were migrating to Pakistan, were killed mercilessly. “The massacre of Muslims in the Jammu region was carried out to change the demography of the state”, the said.
Arranged in connection with the Youm-i-Shuhada-e-Jammu, the seminar was addressed by the APHC convener Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, PaK president Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan, JI leader Noorul Bari, MC leader Sagheer Chugtai, Syed Yousuf Naseem, Abdul Majeed Malik whereas APHC representatives and leaders of the both factions of the Liberation Front spoke on the occasion.
In order to pay homage to the martyrs of Jammu, the APHC –G PaK chapter also organized a function at a local hotel in Islamabad, which was addressed by the amalgam’s convener Ghulam Muhammad Safi, former PaK premier Raja Farooq Hyder, former president Sardar Anwar, Sardar Khalid Ibraheem, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, Ghulam Nabi Nowshehri and several others.
Similar functions were held in Muzaffarabad, Mirpore and other district headquarters of Pakistani administered Kashmir.
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