MIRPUR (AJK): Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi on Monday termed that in the presence of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, there would be no bargaining on Jammu & Kashmir issue.
Qayyum ruled out any formula for the division of Jammu & Kashmir state.
He expressed these views while addressing the District Bar Association in Rawalakot.
The prime minister said that the present government had come into power to serve the people of Azad Kashmir and the tempo of developmental activities would be accelerated for the development and well being of the people of the state.
He announced a grant of Rs 1.5 million for the bar and the construction of the building of the bar council.
He said that the Prime Minister of Pakistan had been projecting the Kashmir issue effectively at international level and exposing Indian forces atrocities over the globe while President of Azad Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry visited New York and effectively represented the Kashmiris.
The prime minister said that the President of Azad Kashmir was also exposing the ongoing Indian atrocities on Kashmiri people in the occupied Kashmir in Europe.
Referring to the priorities of his government, he said that the government had launched a comprehensive development programme for the uplift of the people and to ensure the restoration of merit.
Niazi said people of Poonch had made immense sacrifices for Tehreek-e-Azadi Kashmir and Tehreek-e-Azadi Pakistan and made it clear that there would be no formula for partition of Kashmir was possible in the presence of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The ceremony was attended by a large number of lawyers, district administration,members of the civil society and journalists.
Earlier, the AJK prime minister visited MTBC in Bagh .
Speaking on the occasion, he said that the government was taking all possible steps to fulfill the vision of the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to make Azad Kashmir a model state.
He said Kashmir was rich in natural beauty and the government was taking revolutionary steps for promoting tourism to further enhance its natural beauty.
He appreciated the institutions like MTBC which had provided employment to a large number of the educated youth.
The prime minister said Mahmood-ul-Haq was no less than a blessing for the people of Bagh.
He also inaugurated the road constructed by MTBC and inspected various its departments.
He also handed over the keys of an ambulance and a vehicle for Bagh police on behalf of MTBC to SSP Bagh Zahid Mirza .
The AJK prime minister was briefed about the plans of MTBC and informed that MTBC had constructed a road besides installation of street lights, construction of a causeway at Nala Mahal.
He on the occasion said that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wanted to see Azad Kashmir developed and stable in terms of tourism and the people would soon see the effects of change.
He said that he considered the Bagh as his home and the people of the Bagh were politically admirable.
The prime minister said reforms had been introduced by the government including education and tourism and added that promotion of tourism would overcome unemployment in Azad Kashmir.
He highly commended the efforts and achievements of Mahamood-ul-Haq and said that his achievements and efforts would be remembered in history and assured that the government would patronize the sectors in which MTBC was working.
The prime minister said that In addition, the government would fully support and encourage those working in the private sector to promote tourism.
He said that not only the government but the people as well as the private sector should join hands for the development of the state.
Various delegations also called on the prime minister and apprised him of their problems. Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Sardar Mir Akbar Khan, Parliamentary Secretary Ms. Imtiaz Naseem, MTBC Chairman Mahmoodul Haq, PSO to Prime Minister Sardar Waheed Khan, Deputy Commissioner Bagh Muhammad Sabir Mughal, SSP Bagh Zahid Mirza, and other political and district administration officials were also present.
Later the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi inaugurated a First Women Police Station at Rawalakot .
Speaking on the occasion the prime minister said that he had fulfilled another election promise of PTI Azad Kashmir by setting up a first women’s police station in Rawalakot.