ISLAMABAD: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) on Wednesday appreciated the efforts of the government of Pakistan and Prime Minister Imran Khan as well for extending moral, political and diplomatic support of Kashmiris.
He said that the government was raising voice of struggling people of Kashmir at various national and international forums for their right to self-determination and complete freedom from Indian subjugation.
They also commended Government of Pakistan for resisting the unlawful act by Indian government of August 5, 2019 violating international laws regarding the status of Indian illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Talking to APP Hurriyat Leader and Leader of Islamic Political Party, Jammu and Kashmir Mushtaq Hussain Gilani said that the Indian aggression and repressive measures of August 5, 2019 have exposed the fascist face of India.
These unconstitutional steps taken by India have also exposed the indifference and silence of international community, he said adding that concerns being raised over silence of international community was meaningful.
He said, India was not brave enough to carry out such constitutional, demographic and cultural terrorist acts with such courage, however it did when world kept on silently watching the whole scene.
For some time now, he added, some countries and institutions have expressed their concerns over the deteriorating human rights situation in Kashmir and also criticized India, which was the result of diplomatic efforts and initiatives taken by Government of Pakistan after August 5, 2019, he added.
He said that no doubt these efforts of Pakistan were commendable but “we must adopt realistic approach and also keep in mind that the interest and priorities of world’s most powerful nations change your time, therefore we need to give a future strategy keeping all these issues in mind”, he remarked.
He apprised that India continued its expansionist designs as a few days ago and new black laws were introduced that included not to give jobs to ‘stone pelters’ and their families in future, in addition if someone was doing government job, he would also be deprived of the job.
He said that according to new regime, not only that these people but their relatives would not be able to get a passport in order to stop them from taking part in any kind of protest against Indian illegal occupation.
In short, he said that we belong to a land where telling a truth has become an irreparable and unforgivable crime for men, women, youngsters and elders, children, journalists and lawyers, adding that in view of this new situation there was need to rethink future strategy otherwise not only Kashmir but entire region of south Asia would be reduced to ashes by the fire of Indian terrorism.
Another APHC leader and Vice Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Young Men ‘s League Zahid Ashraf said that two years back on August 5, 2019, the Indian government had deprived the Kashmiri nation of their rights and turned the whole Jammu and Kashmir into a prison.
He said that India had deployed about one million troops to suppress the voice of Kashmiris and imposed complete ban on all sources of communication in order to hide the facts from the international community, adding that there were complete black out on all print and electronic media, besides the internet services were also closed.
All the aggressions, subjugation and brutalities of Indian occupied forces were not able to demoralize Kashmiris , adding that hundreds of Kashmiri youth were martyred, many of them were disappeared and many blinded.
He said that India was also using all its means to suppress the voice of freedom lovers by sending them in jails, torturing them and snatching their eyes, adding that despite all its brutalities, the Kashmiris were moralized and encouraged for their birth right of self-determination.
Meanwhile, APHC leader and Chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations Altaf Hussain Wani said that revocation of Article 370 and 35 A was a well design plan of the Indian government and it was part of BJP’s election manifesto in 2014 and 2019,
He said that since the revocation of these articles, Indian government had introduced or amended around 200 laws.
After the introduction of new domicile law, India is all set to alter the demography of occupied Jammu and Kashmir and paving way to settle million of outsiders in occupied territory.
He said the strongest likelihood is that once the criticism on changing the demography of the occupied state subsides, India would further relax laws for settlement in Jammu and Kashmir.
He said India has also announced to facilitate the safe return of Kashmiri pundits besides assuring them full security however it has declared in unequivocal terms that Kashmiri refugees living in Pakistan and AJK are no more entitled to the right to return.
“Kashmiris are being disposed of their native land. Besides the demographic change the identity, language and culture of Kashmir is under threat as Urdu has been replaced by Hindi as an official language”, he added.
India is on all sides at war with the people of Kashmir making demographic change denying their culture, denying their identity, and now the Indian government has silenced Kashmiri media, while the social media sites are also under surveillance.
He said by August 5th 2019 action, India is making people of Kashmir landless, jobless and homeless.
He called upon the international community to hear the Kashmiris’ voice and come to their rescue and stop Indian Hindutva agenda in the region.