MUZAFFARABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain Saturday called upon the international community to take a serious notice of Indian atrocities in Indian occupied Kashmir and play its role for the resolution of Kashmir issue to avoid any human catastrophe in the region.
Addressing a joint sitting of AJK legislative Assembly and Kashmir Council here, he expressed his hope that the world would awake now and play its role after unprecedented sacrifices of the Kashmiri people.
“The aggressor feels free to continue violating human rights and perpetrate atrocities because the international conscience is silent. But I hope that it will awake following an unprecedented movement by the Kashmiri people,” the President said.
“When people from all walks of life of any nation rises against occupation, like those of Kashmir, no power can deprive them of its freedom and I hope the freedom is not much far from the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he added.
He said it was a prestige for him to come on the land of a nation having a history of unprecedented struggle for their freedom and paid rich tribute to martyrs including young Burhan Wani and others.
“The people of Kashmir are facing Indian tanks with stones, elders are witnessing deaths of their children, mothers are mourning the bloodshed of their sons and women are facing molestation,” Mamnoon said and saluted the Kashmiri people their unprecedented sacrifices.
He said the blood of young Burhan Wani had taken the freedom struggle into a new phase where, the international conscience could remain no more indifferent.
President Mamnoon viewed that when the freedom movements reach such a stage to awake the conscience of even occupational forces, the country claiming to be the world’s biggest democracy is yet deprived of this sense.
He demanded the Indian government to repeal all draconian laws, ban the use of lethal weapons against masses, lift the longest curfew and allow international human rights activists and observers to enter the valley.
He also demanded demilitarization of Kashmir and said the Pakistan was ready to talk to India for the purpose but pointed out that barbarism and negotiations could not go together.
The president said the solution of the conflict could be only possible through a free and fair plebiscite under United Nations (UN) and recalled that Indian premier Jawahar Lal Nehru himself had taken the issue to UN.
He also acknowledged the problems and sacrifices of the people living alongside the Line of control (LOC) and said their lives were a sole example in the world history and that those brave people would not be left alone.
He said the Pakistani and Kashmiri people were bonded with historical, religious and geographical relations that was a ground reality and these strong relations can not be forgotten.
“Support of Kashmir freedom struggle is part of our belief and honor. Neither we can forget the sanctity of Hazrat Bal nor can we ignore the sacrifices of people of Jammu and Kashmir,” the President added saying the people and Pakistan will continue to support freedom movement.
He also recounted the destruction caused by October 2005 earthquake in Azad Kashmir and expressed his pleasure over reconstruction and development, he witnessed here ad added that the federal government would continue its generous support to AJK government.
