JI calls for strategy to liberate Kashmiris from Indian yoke

Senator Siraj demands of UN to establish a fund for the starving people

ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Senator Sirajul Haq has called for holding a national dialogue to devise a strategy for liberation of the oppressed people of Kashmir from Indian yoke.

Addressing a historic Kashmir Solidarity March in Islamabad on Sunday, the JI chief also demanded of the United Nations to establish a Kashmir fund to support the people who were starving to death and spending a life like prisoners for five months in the Indian-held region.

Thousands of people, including women and children, participated in the rally which was addressed by Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan, JI Secretary General Ameerul Azim, JI Naib Amir Liaqat Baloch and others.

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Holding flags of Pakistan and AJK as well as banners and placards inscribed with slogans condemning atrocities in occupied Kashmir, they chanted full-throated slogans in support of the Kashmiris’ struggle against the Indian troops.

“The government must initiate dialogue with the national leadership and devise a roadmap to save the lifeline of the country,” said the JI chief.

He added the freedom of Kashmir was necessary to thwart the “Akhand Bharat” (undivided India) ideology and design of the Modi-led government to turn Pakistan into a desert.

He also warned that the people of Pakistan would never allow the government to make any underhand deal on Kashmir, adding that the rulers could not survive a day in case they tried to sell the jugular vein of the country.

The JI chief regretted that rulers of a powerful Islamic and atomic country who were expected to fight the case of the oppressed Muslims of the world even failed to take a bold stance on Kashmir which was an incomplete agenda of the realisation of Pakistan.

He said the Kashmir freedom struggle was legitimate as the UN itself granted Kashmiris the right to self-determination. He regretted that those who had made repeated claims to fight for Kashmir till the last bullet and last man did nothing in support of the besieged people.

The prime minister, he said, who claimed that Tipu Sultan was his hero was unable to take a stand like the king of Mysore.

Reminding the rulers that Kashmir, instead of former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf, was the top issue facing the country, he said the government should utilise all resources to fight the case.

Siraj said, “The government has failed to control rising unemployment, poverty and inflation, it committed a diplomatic blunder by not participating in the Malaysia summit and it could not launch a powerful campaign to challenge the Indian designs in the region.”

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He said people were running out of patience and could take to the streets against the government if it continued its pathetic policies.

The AJK president reminded the Pakistani government that it was the right time to win the support of the international community against the extremist philosophy of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) government.

“As the international media and most of the countries have already raised their voice against the human rights abuse in IOK [but to no avail], an aggressive campaign must be launched to challenge the Indian hegemonic ideology in the South Asian region,” said Masood.

“Kashmir and Pakistan are indispensable to each other.”

He appealed to the religious scholars to play their role to unite the Muslim world and people of Pakistan on the cause of Kashmir.