Day: November 6, 2022

Islamabad, November 06, 2022 (PPI-OT):A roundtable conference was held at the office of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir chapter in Islamabad, today, in connection with the martyrdom anniversary of Jammu martyrs. APHC-AJK chapter Convener Mahmood Ahmed Saghar chaired the conference while AJK Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Rasheed Tarabi was chief guest. Farzana Yaqoob, Raja Najabat Hussain, Ghulam Nabi Butt, Raja Parvez and a delegation of Occupied Kashmir Journalists Association (OKJA) also participated in the function.

The speakers on the occasion paid tributes to the Jammu martyrs and said the Kashmiri people are observing the day with a renewed resolve to continue the martyrs’ mission until their inalienable right, the right to self-determination, is secured.

Speakers and Hurriyat leaders said that the brutal army of India and the cruel soldiers of Dogra Maharaja Hari Singh had committed atrocities to deprive the Kashmiri people of their right. They said that the Jammu martyrs sacrificed their lives for a great cause and their unprecedented sacrifices would never be forgotten.

They said that the present Kashmir freedom movement is peacefully carrying forward the mission of martyrs and would be accomplished at all costs. They said the day is not far when the Kashmiri people will be freed from the slavery of India and decide their future.

Speakers and Hurriyat leaders said unless the Kashmir dispute is resolved according to the will of the Kashmiri people and the resolutions of the United Nations, permanent peace cannot be established in South Asia. They appealed to the international community to play its role in stopping the genocide of Kashmiris by India and for a just solution to the lingering Kashmir dispute.

Meanwhile, a seminar and rally were organized by Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu Kashmir in Muzaffarabad, today, to pay tributes to the Jammu martyrs of November 6, 1947. A large number of people, including leaders of various political and religious parties and elders of civil society participated in the seminar and rally.

Former Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan, Chairman of Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir Uzair Ahmed Ghazali, freedom-loving leaders Mushtaq-ul-Islam, Usman Ali Hashim, Dr Muhammad Manzoor, political leaders Shaukat Javed Mir, Javed Ahmed Mughal, refugee leaders Bilal Ahmad Farooqui, Muhammad Aslam Ingilabi Chaudhry Muhammad Mushtaq, Raja Sajeed Khan, Muhammad Sadiq Butt, Chaudhry Nazir Ahmad Saani, Raja Gulzarin, Parvez Durrani, Liaquat Ali Rana and Tanveer Ahmad Durrani addressing the seminar said that in November 1947, Dogra and Indian soldiers and RSS extremists brutally killed tens of thousands of Muslims in Jammu

They said that the massacre of Jammu people after the Second World War was the worst act in human history in which nearly two and a half lakh Muslims were killed and thousands of children and women were abducted. The speakers said that the massacre of 6th November 1947 is a black mark on human values. The purpose of the massacre of the Muslims of Jammu was to turn the Muslim population of Jammu into a minority.

They demanded of the United Nations, the world community and international human rights organizations to bring the Indian rulers and their terrorist organizations to justice for the massacre of Jammu and the killing of over 100,000 civilians after 1989. The speakers paid tribute to the Jammu martyrs and said that their great sacrifices would always be remembered.

They also pledged to continue the mission of Kashmiri martyrs till taking it to its logical conclusion. APHC-AJK leader Altaf Ahmed Butt in his statement in Islamabad, paying tributes to the Jammu martyrs, reiterated the Kashmiris’ resolve to carry on the martyrs’ mission till they achieve their inalienable right to self-determination. He said that the people of Kashmiri would never forget the blood and tremendous sacrifices of Kashmiri martyrs who were victims of Indian brutality from 1947 till date.

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Srinagar, November 06, 2022 (PPI-OT):Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and across the world are observing the Jammu Martyrs’ Day, today, to reiterate their resolve to carry on the martyrs’ mission till they achieve their inalienable right to self-determination. Hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris were martyred by the forces of Dogra Maharaja Hari Singh, Indian Army and Hindu fanatics in different parts of Jammu region while they were migrating to Pakistan during the first week of November in 1947.

In Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan, special prayers were offered in all mosques for the early liberation of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir from Indian yoke and progress, prosperity and stability of Pakistan and AJK. Meanwhile, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders have paid rich tributes to the Jammu martyrs. They said the Kashmiris have been rendering sacrifices for a great cause for the last several decades and the day is not far when they will achieve their cherished goal. They urged the international community to impress upon India to stop its brutalities in IIOJK and settle the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the Kashmiris’ aspirations and the relevant UN resolutions.

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Jammu, November 06, 2022 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, locals held a sit-in protest at Ransoo in Reasi, Jammu, against the proposed cable car project for Shiv Khori. Shouting slogans, the people were agitating against the proposed cable car project, which according to them, was not suitable as per the terrain. The protesting people said that the project would severely affect the livelihood of the Ponywalas and the Palkiwalas.

Addressing the protest demonstration, Democratic Azad Party (DAP) leader Jugal Kishore said the master plan proposed for the town is also not up to mark as it does not fulfill the needs of the local people and so a revised plan should be introduced to fulfill the requirements of the masses. The protesting people vowed to continue the protest till the authorities concerned consider their demands.

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Srinagar, November 06, 2022 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar-Leh highway and Mughal Road have been closed for traffic after fresh snowfall in Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. The Mughal Road, connecting twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri with Shopian, was closed for traffic due to snowfall at several places enrooted, including Pir Ki Gali (PKG), Mansar Mohre and Posha, a police officer told media. Similarly, officials said traffic has been closed on Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumri road after snowfall in areas around Sonamarg. However, they said, Jammu-Srinagar highway was through for traffic.

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New Jersey, November 06, 2022 (PPI-OT):An informative and educational session on ‘Global Injustice” was organized at Sheraton Hotel, Edison, New Jersey, with the topic included injustices in Kashmir, Palestine and Indian minorities. Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chairman, ‘World Forum for Peace and Justice’, said that seeming conspiracy of silence over gross affronts to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir – an occupation which itself violates still binding Security Council resolutions dictating a self-determination there under international and impartial supervision – is worrisome.

He said that unheroic muteness of world powers has emboldened India to a chilling campaign of human rights atrocities against innocent Kashmiris. He deplored that 900,000 Indian military and paramilitary forces operate outside the rule of law under the protective umbrella of an Indian immunity statute.

The movement in Kashmir, Fai highlighted, reverberates with cries of Aazadi (freedom) and believes in a simple truth: a fair, impartial referendum held under the auspices of the United Nations. “Attempts at delegitimizing the Kashmiri struggle have fallen entirely on deaf ears. No amount of wishful thinking has successfully persuaded growing international opinion that Kashmir is not an integral part of any society other than its own. This belief is unshakeable, consistent, and formidable,” Fai emphasized.

He warned that if India or Pakistan or any other power would like to bring pressure on the people of Kashmir to capitulate, or to agree to any terms which will compromise their freedom, then any so-called peace process is foredoomed. The people of Kashmir wish to leave no doubt in anyone’s mind on that score, he added. Fai clarified that Kashmir is the gordian knot of peace and prosperity in South Asia. A just and final resolution of its sovereignty in accord with the wishes of the people of Kashmir is of utmost regional and international importance, he maintained.

“India’s image suffers far more from the obvious duplicity and an incorrigible unwillingness to confront openly its wrong-headed policies than it would if it just laid its cards on the table. The flaunting of its inhumanity — as if to say, we’re going to do it and you can’t do anything about it” – is only deepening its commitment to permanent conflict and suffering in Kashmir. It’s time for the international community to act decisively and intervene in the interest of global peace to settle the Kashmir dispute to the satisfaction of all parties concerned – India, Pakistan and the people of Kashmir,” explained Fai.

The US was once considered a shining example to the rest of the world of what democracy can mean, and yet, now, too, we see a complete breakdown of this grand vision at its very source that awakened generations of people to hope for real change. What is the significance of an alliance between the great democracy (US) and so-called largest democracy in the world (India) when universal principles, democratic values and human rights are completely ignored, Fai asked?

Fai expressed his anguish by saying that it is quite unfortunate that the Biden administration and the United Nations both have chosen to adopt India’s view that Kashmir is simply a bilateral issue. He said unfortunately, it is the Big Lie, and an extremely dangerous one, adding India and Pakistan remain on the verge of war with each other, and this is a threat to international peace.

Fai suggested that the breaking of the impasse over Kashmir between India and Pakistan would be greatly facilitated by the presence of a facilitator, a person of an international standing, like Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway, who would define the obligations of the parties under the agreements concluded between them, spell out the contentious issues and the conflicting positions and remove the confusion about what needs to be done to narrow the gap.

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Srinagar, November 06, 2022 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), paying rich tributes to the martyrs of Jammu massacre on their martyrdom anniversary, said that the Kashmiri people will accomplish the mission of their martyrs at all costs. The forces of Dogra Maharaja Hari Singh, Indian Army and Hindu fanatics had martyred hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris in different parts of Jammu region when they were migrating to Pakistan during the first week of November in 1947.

APHC spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar said that the Kashmiris would always remember the unprecedented sacrifices rendered by the Jammu martyrs seventy five years ago. APHC leader Khawaja Firdous addressing a meeting in Ganderbal paid glowing tributes to the Jammu martyrs and said that in 1947, the Dogra forces and Hindu fanatics forced the Muslims to migrate to Pakistan and by deceiving lakhs of Muslims, they actually turned the Muslim majority of Jammu into a minority.

APHC leader Yasmeen Raja in her statement in Srinagar described the massacre of Jammu Muslims in 1947 as the worst tragedy. She said that Hindu fanatics and sectarian organizations like RSS and Shiv Sena had washed the land of Jammu with the blood of innocent Muslims. She deplored that in IIOJK, Indian forces and organizations of Hindu extremists were still suppressing the voice of truth and justice. She said, “Today is a day of renewal for all of us and the sacrifices of these martyrs will not be allowed to go waste.”

Jammu-based APHC leader Mir Shahid Saleem in a statement said that during the first week of November in 1947, the sectarian elements massacred millions of Kashmiris brutally. He added that such barbarism is not found in civilized human history. He said that the victims have not been able to get justice even after 75 years of the gruesome massacre. APHC leaders Khadim Hussain and Syed Sabt Shabbir Qumi in a joint statement issued in Srinagar said that immediately after the illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir on October 27, 1947, the massacre of lakhs of unwashed Muslims in Jammu was the worst kind of Indian state terrorism.

They said that due to the killing of lakhs of Muslims in Jammu, the majority of Muslims there was turned into a minority and now the fascist Indian government of Narendra Modi is playing the same game in the occupied territory. They added that the heinous process of killing Kashmiris had reached its peak and Indian forces are martyring Kashmiris every day.

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Islamabad, November 06, 2022 (PPI-OT):Adviser to Prime Minister on Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan Affairs Qamar-u- Zaman Kaira has said that India was engaged in planned genocide of Muslims in Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and demanded the world community to take cognizance of the act. In a statement issued here on Sunday on the eve of Jammu Martyrs Day, he recalled that on this day in 1947, Dogra forces and Hindu extremists turned the Muslim majority of Jammu into minority by killing more than hundred thousand people and forcing millions to migrate to Pakistan.

He said that the darkest night of oppression and atrocities by the Indian forces were continuing for the last 75 years in IIOJK and the oppressor was making nefarious efforts to alter the demography of the Muslim majority valley of Kashmir. Kaira further said that in a bid to strengthen its illegal occupation, India unilaterally and illegally repealed the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 05, 2019 and more than hundred thousand of domiciles had been issued to non-Kashmiris.

Besides this, he said that through delimitation and increase in special seats, India was trying to turn Muslims into minority in the assembly and other representative forums which he said was a clear violation of international laws, UN resolutions on Kashmir and 4th Geneva Convention. He said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir were determined to achieve the goal of right to self-determination and India despite oppression, killing uncountable people and unprecedented atrocities, could not let down the Kashmiri people from the demand of right to self-determination. Kaira renewed the pledge that Pakistan would continue full support to the demand of right to self-determination of Kashmiri people and their voice was being raised effectively at all international forums.

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