ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC), Syed Ali Gilani, has reiterated his demand for return
of mortal remains of prominent martyred liberation leaders, Muhammad
Maqbool Butt and Muhammad Afzal Guru.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Indian authorities had hanged Muhammad Maqbool Butt in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on 11th February, 1984,
and hanged Muhammad Afzal Guru in the same jail on 9th February 2013.
Bodies of both the leaders were buried in the premises of the notorious prison.
Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said that although return of the mortal remains of the two leaders was purely a human issue, but India was very reluctant to this demand thereby violating all the principles of ethics and human values. He condemned the puppet authorities for imposing curbs and restrictions and arresting hundreds of political activists on the martyrdom anniversary of Afzal Guru on Thursday.
Syed Ali Gilani castigating the authorities for clamping curfew-like
restrictions, curbs and crackdown against resistance leaders and detaining
Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Raja Meraj-ud-Din Kalwal, Muhammad Ashraf Laya, Muhamad Yasin Attai, Syed
Imtiyaz Haider, Omar Adil Dar, Ayaz Akbar and scores of other leaders and activists said that the puppet administration would have to face people’s wrath and resentment.
Meanwhile, the APHC Chairman expressed deep concern over conversion
of a graveyard to a playfield and demolition of more than forty graves in Samba district of Jammu region. He said that Muslims in Jammu were being targeted and harassed on the behest of communal forces. “It will have dire consequences if not stopped now,” he warned.
Syed Ali Gilani said that the puppet regime was working on the directions of a BJP cabinet minister and revenue records revealed that the said piece of land was sole property of Aqaf-e-Islamia and since long was notified for graveyard. He pointed out that the PDP-BJP regime since its inception was exercising its shrived plans against Muslims and they were being harassed on one pretext or the other. He said that these groups
since long are playing foul and properties and lands belonging to Muslim community were grabbed and trespassed.
Referring to communal sections, the APHC Chairman said that these people claimed mosques and graveyards their properties and whenever
Muslims resented their claims, they were beleaguered and victimized. We
are keeping strict vigil and we will fight tooth and nail if harassment
is not stopped, he added.