Kashmiri youth on frontline of fight against Indian occupation: AJK president

Sardar Masood meets student delegation from UK at Kashmir House in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD:

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has urged students studying across the world particularly in the United Kingdom to gear up their efforts to shape the public opinion and create awareness on the global level against India's unlawful and illegitimate occupation of Jammu and Kashmir.

He made these remarks while speaking to a delegation of the UK-based Pakistan Leadership Association of Students and Alumni (PLASA) that called on him at the Kashmir House in Islamabad on Tuesday under the leadership of student leader Adeelur Rehman.

The delegation apprised him about the activities of their organisation and discussed prevailing situation in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K).

The AJK president said that India was particularly targeting the youth voicing against the inhuman atrocities being committed by the Indian forces in the valley to perpetuate its illegitimate occupation.

The youth are being killed in fake encounters, rendered blind through the use of pellet guns while a large number of them have been arrested and put behind bars and tortured, he added.

President Masood said that the occupation forces were doing this to silence the voices rising for freedom and the right of self-determination. However, he maintained that in spite of all out brutalities of India, the Kashmiri youth were not willing to bow before it, and they are determined to get their democratic and legitimate right to self-determination come what may.

“At present the youth are playing the role of a frontline force in the Kashmir liberation movement.”

While appreciating the activities of PLASA in educational institutions including Queen Marry University, Kings College and City University London, the AJK president urged the students to focus on their academics and get education in the fields of modern sciences and technology.

He also called upon them to play their role to mold Pakistan into a powerful, strong and stable country, saying that neither freedom from Indian shackles could be achieved nor the Muslims of India are safe without a strong and stable Pakistan.

Speaking on the occasion, leader of the delegation Rehman thanked the AJK president for providing guidance to the students studying in UK universities and colleges.