DFP remembers Shaheed Maqbool Bhat, Afzal Guru on their martyrdom anniversaries 

SRINAGAR, Feb 10 (SABAH): Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party has paid rich tributes to Kashmiri liberation leaders, Muhammad Maqbool Bhat who was hanged to death in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on 11 February 1984.

In a statement issued on Monday, DFP Spokesman Advocate Arshad Iqbal, while paying tributes to JKLF ideologue Muhammad Maqbool Bhat said that Bhat was an icon of resistance movement who sacrificed his life for the noble cause of freedom from Indian occupation.

The DFP leader termed the execution of Maqbool Bhat as a judicial murder saying that so-called democratic state violated the fundamentals of justice system by denying him the right to fair trial. 

Highlighting the supreme sacrifices of the JKLF leader, he said that Bhat was a man of integrity and honesty who devoted his entire life for the collective cause, went through trials and tribulations and ultimately sacrificed his precious life in pursuit of long cherished ideals.

Bhat’s supreme sacrifices for the noble cause, he said, have inspired a new generation of Kashmiri youth who continue to strive and struggle to achieve the ultimate goal for which the martyrs had laid down their precious lives. 

Meanwhile, in a separate statement, the DFP spokesman paid homage to Shaheed Muhammad Afzal Guru for his selfless services to the Kashmir cause.

He said that Guru’s hanging and his trial illustrate the ineffectiveness of India’s legal system and failure on the part of those judges who failed to uphold the judicial integrity and instead handed down an utterly controversial judgment to appease their masters.

He expressed the hope that the day was not far when supreme sacrifices of Kashmiri martyrs would reach to fruition and subjugated but determined masses of Kashmir will see the dawn of freedom.