Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali expresses concerns over court’s decision of handing over two suppressed young Kashmiris to India

ISLAMABAD, Sep 14 (SABAH): Jamaat-e-Islami leader and Member National Assembly Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali while expressing concerns over court’s decision of handing over two suppressed young Kashmiris back to India, who entered from Occupied Kashmir into Gilgit-Baltistan, submitted a resolution on this matter in the National Assembly on Wednesday.

Through this resolution, Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali demanded of filing petition against the court’s decision and shifting the young Kashmiri persons to the refugees’ camp, as well as initiated efforts of contacting other parliamentary parties to garner support on this resolution.

The resolution stated, “This House of National Assembly expresses concerns over local court’s decision of handing over Indian atrocities-stricken two young Kashmiri persons to India, who entered from Occupied Kashmir into Gilgit-Baltistan in 2020; wherein it was ordered that these were citizens of India and be handed over back to India through Wagah border.”

“This House intimates the federal government that this is not the first incident of arrival of Kashmiri people from occupied valley whereas high courts in numerous verdicts had declared that residents living on both sides were residents of a State whose State’s future is still to be determined; they may live wherever they wish to live; even those State residents who came to Pakistan on Indian passports,” it stated.

Through the resolution it was categorically stated that residents of Occupied Kashmir enjoy equal status to those of local people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

The resolution further stated, “These persons came from Gurez area of occupied valley to Gilgit and these two are part of undivided State. Neither there is any proof of their being Indian citizens nor was any other allegation against them. This House declares that the said decision is a clear violation of past 75 years of State policies regarding the rights of the State residents, as well as worst example of negligence on the part of the government of Pakistan.”

It stated, “If implementation is done on the said verdict then it will be a serious attack against the stand of Kashmiris right to self-determination and it will trigger the suspicious that while ignoring the sacrifices of millions of Kashmiris, scheme of Kashmir’s division had been settled; hence, this House demands of the federal government to file a petition against the session court’s verdict forthwith while terming it very critical in nature.”

“While gaining attention of federal government, relevant governments and policy-making institutions, the verdict needs to be reversed by shifting the said young persons to Muzaffarabad’s refugees’ camp where thousands of refugees were already staying. The high-level proceedings should be started against those people found involved in committing negligence in safeguard of State policy,” the resolution concluded.