Decides to ban ageing vehicles from public transport. PHOTO: AFP
The meeting, presided over by AJK Prime Minister Farooq Haider, said claims of Indian PM Narendra Modi about surgical strikes across LoC in AJK were nothing but a pack of lies.
The cabinet noted that the Indian rhetoric was a bid to divert the world attention from the rising human rights violations in the disputed territory by Indian security forces.
Besides the Kashmiris killed by Indian forces, the AJK cabinet paid glowing tributes to two soldiers of the Pakistan army who had sacrificed their lives on the LoC. On September 29, Naik Imtiaz and Havaldar Jumma Khan were killed from cross-border firing by Indian troops.
Regarding the threat of scrapping the Indus waters treaty by the Indian government, the AJK cabinet appealed to the world community to take notice of India’s water belligerence.
The meeting also appreciated Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for presenting the Kashmir cause before the world community, especially during the UN General Assembly session in New York.
The cabinet called upon international community to take serious notice of Indian state-terrorism in occupied Kashmir and pressurise India to give Kashmiris their internationally recognised right to self-determination.
The meeting adopted various unanimous resolutions condemning the human rights abuses by Indian forces in held valley and its aggression on the LoC.
Road safety
The cabinet has decided to ban the ageing public transport vehicles from plying on the roads to curb the rising incidents of traffic accidents in the state.
The mountainous roads of Kashmir are notorious for road crashes that mostly occur due to vehicle failure. Over speeding is another cause of vehicles veering off the roads and falling hundreds of feet off the mountains.
The cabinet’s decision to bar old buses, vans and jeeps from carrying passengers will go a long way in saving precious lives.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 7th, 2016.
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