Kashmir

M Farooq Rehmani welcomes PM’s UN speech

ISLAMABAD, Sep 25 (SABAH): Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, Chairman Jammu & Kashmir People’s Freedom League , & ex-Convener All Parties Hurriyat Conference AJ&K, in a statement on Sunday, hailed the speech of the Prime minister of Pakistan , Muhammad Shahbaz Sheriff in the UN General Assembly, in which he highlighted the right of self-determination for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, raised repressive and oppressive laws of India in the illegally Occupied region, particularly changing the demography of the State in favour of the microscopic Hindu minority and targeting the Islamic culture  of the Muslims by forcing school children to sing Hindu Bajan and praises of their deities.  
 PM Shehbaz was unambiguously appealed for a peaceful end to the dispute over Kashmir and deplored regional instability, invoking the perennial themes of Pakistan’s UN addresses after dedicating the 1st of the half of his speech to the ravages of recent floods. On Kashmir he said, ” At the heart of this longstanding dispute lies the denial of the inalienable right of the Kashmiri people to self-determination, ” PM Muhammad Sharif said, outlining what he called  India’s relentless campaign of repression and serial brutalization of Kashmirs”.
 He rightly and forcefully described Islamophobia as a great global phenomenon, ” he especially accused India’s Hindu nationalist government of engaging in the ” worst manifestation of Islamophobia “.
  Muhammad Farooq Rehmani said ,” it is noteworthy that while India has made life of kashmiris worst by violating the UN resolutions and campaigning to change their religion, Pakistan is ready to accept UN mediation or facilitation on the question of the future of the whole State of Jammu and Kashmir and has no apprehensions or fears in this regard.”
 He urged the big powers and members of the global community to come to rescue of Kashmiris by emphasising the Indian troop-withdrawal from Kashmir to hold a free and fare plebiscite in the turbulent and oppressed region as decided under the relevant resolutions.