Out on the streets: Women join JI to show solidarity with people in Kashmir

Party to march from Muzaffarabad till the Line of Control on August 15

KARACHI: Seven-year-old Anusha Ashraf, with red dots painted on her face was an active participant of the ‘Kashmir Women March’ organised by the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Thursday.

Ashraf was among the hundreds of children who came to show their support for Kashmir with their mothers and sisters. “I know that our [Kashmiri] brothers are being killed and blinded using some guns,” she said, adding that her mother painted her face trying to depict pellet gun wounds.

Kashmir’s war is not about specific religion, caste, race or colour but it is about a theoretical approach, the theory of being a part of Pakistan, said JI Pakistan chief Senator Sirajul Haq while addressing the march at Mazar-e-Quaid.

Since the last 70 years the Kashmiri people are fighting for their rights and Pakistan’s Prime Minister (PM) is busy being friendly with Indian PM, said Haq.



He also announced that JI will march from Muzaffarabad till the Line of Control on August 15 to show solidarity with the people of Kashmir. He claimed that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz never stood up to support Kashmir. Haq also appealed the United Nations to step in to help the innocent people of Kashmir.

More than 0.7 million Indian military officers are present in Kashmir and want to end the fight for freedom, said JI Karachi chief Naeemur Rehman.

Indian army has blinded more than 300 youngsters in Kashmir in the last one month by firing gun pellets, while our PM did not say a single word condemning this in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation meeting in Islamabad. JI’s Sindh chief, Dr Mairajul Huda Siddiqui also spoke during the march.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 5^th, 2016.