18 March 2009

Srinagar, March 18 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyet Conference has reiterated that Indian state terrorism will not deter Kashmiris from continuing their struggle to secure the right to self-determination. The APHC Chairman, Mirwiaz Umar Farooq while addressing a gathering in Srinagar, today, said, Kashmiri martyrs’ sacrifices will never be allowed to go waste and the day was not far off when the people of Kashmir would achieve liberation from Indian bondage.

The gathering was convened to mourn the death of prominent liberation leader, Ghulam Mohammad Butt. Among those present on the occasion included Maulana Abbas Ansari, Mohammad Yasin Malik, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi and Fazl Haq Quershi.

On the other hand, APHC leaders, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Yasmeen Raja, Zafar Akbar Butt and the Executive Director of Kashmir Center London, Professor Nazir Ahmad Shawl in their separate statements hoped that the national reconciliation on the judges’ issue in Pakistan would further strengthen democratic institutions in the country.

Addressing a seminar in Geneva the APHC leader of AJK Chapter, Altaf Hussain Wani said that the surge in Hindu extremism in India had become a big threat to the peace and stability of South Asia.

Five persons including two children died in separate road accidents in Srinagar, Budgam, Awantipora and Jammu areas. »

‘Kashmir Settlement Imperative For Regional Peace’

The illegally detained leader of All Parties Hurriyet Conference and Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement, Ghulam Muhammad Mir has said that the settlement of Kashmir dispute in accordance with Kashmiris’ aspirations is imperative for maintaining permanent peace in South Asia.

Ghulam Muhammad Mir was talking to a party delegation led by General Secretary Zafar Khurshid Mirza that met him at Apalo Hospital of New Delhi. Ghulam Muhammad Mir has been admitted to the hospital last month after a paralysis attack at notorious Amphala jail of Jammu.

He emphasised the delegates to continue liberation struggle till its success as amicable and negotiated solution of Kashmir dispute could normalise relations between the two neighbouring nuclear countries besides bringing peace in the region.

The illegally detained APHC leader also appealed the world community and international human rights organisations to put pressure on India to stop gross human rights violations by Indian troops on the people of occupied Kashmir. »