Obama urged to resolve Kashmir dispute

Convener APHC-M Pak chapter Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, along with AJK president Raja Zulqarnain Khan, JKLF supreme head Amanullah Khan and Sardar Ibraheem (Nov -06-2010)

Eulogizing tributes paid to martyrs of Jammu

Nisar Ahmed Thokar

Islamabad, Nov 06: While urging the US president Baraak Obama to fulfill his promise with regard to the settlement of the pressing Kashmir issue, the delegates at a seminar hosted by APHC here on Saturday maintained that a just and equitable solution of the festering dispute was must to ensure durable peace in South Asian region.

Held in connection with “Youmi Shuhada-e-Jammu”, the seminar was attended by PaK president Raja Zulqarnain Khan, Sardar Khalid Ibraheem Khan, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar the Convener of APHC, Syed Yousuf Naseem, Rafique Ahmed Dar JKLF and several others, whereas the conference was specially attended by the ageing Kashmiri leader and the supreme head of JKLF, Ammanullah Khan.

Speaking on the occasion, the participants paid eulogizing tributes to the martyrs of Jammu. Terming 6th November as one of the bleak chapters of Kashmir history, they pointed out that the history of the troubled region was awash with heart-wrenching tales of repression and suppression. They said that the massacre of thousands of Muslims was orchestrated by Dogra Maharaja’s troops and belligerent Hindu extremists.

Referring to Kashmiris century’s old cultural tradition of peaceful co-existence they said that history was witness to the fact that when innocent Muslims were butchered like animals in Jammu, Kashmir valley supposed to be a safe heaven for the minority communities no matter whosoever.

They said that Kashmiris struggle was a just political and peaceful struggle. In pursuance of the internationally pledged right they said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have rendered matchless sacrifices to achieve the legitimate right that had been guaranteed to them by the world community and the leadership of India and Pakistan.

The however, maintained that it was very unfortunate that after 63 years Kashmir solution could not materialized. Terming India’s intransigence as a major hurdle in the way of peace, the speakers, regrettably noted the world community’s pathetic attitude towards the resolution of Kashmir issue and said that policy of indifference by the international community has disappointed people of the region.

Appreciating the ongoing peaceful political movement in Kashmir, the speakers said, “Kashmiris’ recourse to a non-violent and peaceful political struggle has to be acknowledged by the world community”. It was high time that the world particularly the united states of America should take effective notice of what they said as the worst human rights situation in Kashmir.

The participants of the seminar adopted more than half a dozen resolutions demanding the US president Baraak Obama to impress upon India to help resolve Kashmir dispute peacefully in accordance with the wishes of Kashmiri people.

The resolution also urged India to repeal black laws prevalent in the state and denounces attack on senior Hurriyat leader Shabir Ahmed Shah by the RSS activists. Paying respects to Jammu martyr’s the participants reiterated their pledge to uphold the mission of the martyrs.

Of those who spoke on the occasion included, Raja Zulqarnain Khan, the president of PaK, APHC convener Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, Ammanullah Khan, Sardar Khalid Ibraheem, Syed Yousuf Naseem, Saleem Bhkhari, Dawood Khan Manzoor-ul-Haq Bhat, Altaf Wani, Syed Muzaffar Shah, Advocate Nabeela Ershad, Abdul Majeed Malik, JKLF leader Rafique Ahmed Dar and several others.

Latter talking to Greater Kashmir, the PaK president Raja Zulqarnain Khan said that the US president must not turn a blind eye towards this alarming issue as durable peace in the SA was inescapably linked to a just and amiable solution of the long-pending dispute of Kashmir.

He said that owing to the unresolved dispute people of the region have been suffering terribly and persistently since 1947. He said that being a signatory to the UN’s historic resolutions on Kashmir the America should play its pivotal role to seek a settlement of the issue to ensure peace and stability. “This is a major issue and it could not be just ignored”, he said adding that the dialogue process was going on between India and Pakistan for last several years but that proved to be a hoax slogan and nothing came out of the years’ long peace process.

He said that India and Pakistan were the nuclear deterrent states and keeping this aspect in view the resolution of Kashmir conflict becomes even more crucial.