Patriotism is a lone antidote to dilute Indian venomous propaganda, say youth leaders


MUZAFFARABAD, May 02 (SABAH): An Interactive Youth awareness seminar titled Patriotism, nationalism & Sub-nationalism under ages of Institute of Multi-Track Dialogue, Development and Diplomatic Studies in JP Hotel Muzaffarabad.

The roundtable moot was aimed to provide an opportunity for youth leaders of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to play their role for unity, brotherhood, and patriotism, when 5th generation youth leaders were apprised about both challenges and opportunities of digital when communication technology is a potent and lethal weapon to demolish the basic fabric of unity, brotherhood and patriotism. This roundtable was a series of initiatives taken by the institute to update the youth leaders about the framing priming and agenda setting of Indian media t seed the hatred not only in the South Asian sub-continent but globally. The youth leaders were given awareness of how propaganda plays a catastrophic role and social media is a frontline soldier of hatred seeded by the enemy through social media which works beyond the borders.

The youth leaders took a keen interest in the interactive session when awareness was given based on internally and externally validated data. The youth were enthusiastic to know how venomous propaganda works and fragments the national fabric. Youth were keen to know that unity, patriotism, and brotherhood are an antidote in diluting the harmful effects of politics of hatred.

The roundtable was addressed by Iqbal Khan, Mazhar Khan and Amir Abbasi, it was mutually agreed the next two moots will be organized in Muzaffarabad in the coming month to pool the collective efforts and play the effective role to bring the plight, agony, and mayhem of people Indian occupied in open where it can be seen and dealt with, the speakers emphasized that it is our sole duty and responsibility to play a role in the freedom struggle of Kashmiri people particularly when top brass leadership of Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) is behind the bars.