Indian govt failed to deter determined Kashmiris from seeking their right to self-determination: President Alvi
MUZAFFARABAD/ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (SABAH): President Dr. Arif Alvi on Saturday said that human history was replete with precedents in which the use of illegal force always failed to suppress nations and the same thing was being witnessed in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
The Indian government with all its inhuman tools and tactics failed to deter the determined Kashmiris from seeking their right to self-determination, he said, adding this injustice would end soon as no child would be born without raising slogan for the freedom of IIOJK.
The president was addressing the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly in connection with the observance of Kashmir Solidarity Day. The special session was attended by the members of the assembly, AJK President and Prime Minister.
President Dr. Arif Alvi said if there was peace in IIOJK, India should open up the occupied territory for social media and international delegations. There was a continuous blackout to hush up the Indian forces’ naked aggression, brutalities, state-sponsored terrorism, illegal arrests and extra-judicial killings of the innocent Kashmiris. Rape had been used as a tool of the State to terrorize and subdue the ongoing struggle for freedom, he added.
He said the Kashmiri leadership was put under house arrest but Indian forces could not deter the determination of Kashmiri leader late Syed Geelani who was ready to sacrifice his life on road for the cause of liberation.
The president questioned under which international law, the Indian forces had been demolishing houses and using rape as a state tool.
President Dr. Arif Alvi observed that a very complicated situation had emerged out of the Hindutva policy being pursued by the Indian government that wanted to rewrite its history with falsehood. “India has vindicated the two nations theory with its genocide acts against the Muslims and other minorities,” he added.
The president further said the barbaric and inhuman spectacle would not have appeared in IIOJK, if the promises made by the international organizations had been fulfilled.
He observed that conspiracies were hatched during the independence of Pakistan as a leeway for Kashmir was provided to India through Gurdaspur.
Pakistan, he said, had come into being through democracy as people of the sub-continent had voted for it. The Muslim majority Kashmir had been a part of Pakistan and would remain its part.
The president called upon the international community to take immediate notice of the human rights violations in IIOJK.
The president said that every Pakistani and Kashmiri firmly believed that IIOJK would soon get freedom.
About the demographic changes in IIOJK, the president said “Let me tell India that it will not succeed. It will not happen rather it would create more bitterness.”
The prime minister had already pointed to the world that India was treading on a precarious path of genocide of minorities, besides carrying out an official genocide of Kashmiris by destroying their livelihood, future generations and economy, he added.
President Dr. Arif Alvi said that no one could ignore such inhuman treatment of the Muslims and minorities in India. There would be no investment in IIOJK, he added.
The president assured that India could not devour a single inch of the occupied territory with its failed tactics. The Muslims could not tolerate injustices when they were pushed against the wall, he warned.
Completely rejecting the Indian controversial laws over IIOJK, the president said that Kashmiris would not be deceived with such ploys.
The president also urged the Kashmiri people to utilize the social media to highlight the issue further. The Kashmiris, he said wanted freedom through peaceful means and Pakistan was providing full opportunities to the global bodies including the UN, OIC and other multilateral fora to resolve the issue.
He cautioned that pushing Kashmiris in IIOJK against the wall would draw same reaction.
The president, on the occasion, also reiterated Pakistan’s moral, diplomatic and political support to the people of Kashmir.
He rejected certain political rantings by saying that no Pakistani could ever think of a compromise over the Kashmir issue.
The president cautioned to keep vigil over such irresponsible political statements, fake news and propaganda. “We are united and will remain forever over Kashmir,” he stressed.
Meanwhile President Dr. Arif Alvi Saturday urged the world to resolve the Kashmir dispute for achieving sustainable peace in South Asia.
Speaking to the audience of an All Pakistan Kashmir Solidarity Mushaira in Islamabad, President Dr. Arif Alvi said those nations who saw deaths of millions of people in world wars were not taking moral stand on Kashmir due to vested interests and trade with India. “But this will not continue as freedom of people cannot be denied. Every child born will demand freedom whether in Kashmir or Palestine.”
He said India was perpetrating oppression against its Muslim population. “Muslims of India are our brothers and sisters and we will continue our efforts peacefully for rights of Muslims in India.”
India was putting itself on fire and proving right the two nation theory espoused by Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Muhammad Iqbal, President Dr. Arif Alvi remarked. He expressed hope that Kashmir would gain its freedom in future. The President said mushairas should be held regularly as these had an important role in culture, civilization and politics of a country. Muslim poets had immensely contributed to popularizing the genre of poetry, he concluded.
During the poetry session, prominent poets including Amjad Islam Amjad, Dr. Inamul Haq, Mansoor Afaq, Adil Soomro, Mohsin Shakeel, Ambreen Naseer and others read their poetry to express solidarity with the oppressed people in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Chairman Pakistan Academy of Letters Yousaf Khushk also spoke on the occasion and talked about literary contribution of poets in the Kashmir freedom struggle. The President awarded shields to the poets.