A photo of a Kashmiri girl. PHOTO: REUTERS
MUZAFFARABAD:
A large number of people in the capital city staged a protest rally on Sunday to mark India’s Republic Day as a ‘black day’.
The rally, led by members of the AJK Legislative Assembly Chaudhry Latif Akbar and Javid Ayub, was taken out from the Central Press Club to the office of the United Nations Military Observers Group for Indian and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).
The protesters handed over a memorandum to the UNMOGIP officials urging the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to use his good office to settle the Kashmir dispute according to the wishes of the Kashmiris.
Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir Martyrs Foundation organised the “Afzal Guru Conference” with launching of a book “Aiyeena”. The book is an account on the jail life of Guru, who was hanged in Tihar Jail by the Indian government in February 2013.
The conference was addressed by United Jihad Council (UJC) Chairman and Hizbul Mujahideen Supreme Commander Syed Salluhdin and other jihadi leaders, who vowed to ‘avenge’ Guru’s hanging.
Meanwhile, the cross border trade and travel standoff entered the second week. The trade remained suspended after authorities in Indian held Kashmir arrested a Pakistan truck driver accusing him of supplying heroin in his vehicle. The move prompted Pakistan to halt the cross border trade, as a result several Pakistan and Indian truck drivers have stranded on both side of the border.
Azad Kashmir Travel and Trade Authority (Tata) Director General Brig (retd) Muhammad Ismail said that the issue would be solved within a couple of days. He said that a proper mechanism was needed to be evolved to avoid such incidents in the future.
As a goodwill gesture, he also presented gifts and tracksuits to the Indian truck drivers at the Chakothi Trade Facilitation Centre.
The Indian truck drivers seemed to be satisfied with the facilities being provided to them by the local administration.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 27th, 2014.
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