ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): A peaceful anti-India protest march
was held from the historic Jamia Masjid to Nowhatta Chowk in
Srinagar.
According to KMS, call for the protest was given by the joint resistance leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and
Muhammad Yasin Malik. Holding banners and placards, the protestors
raised anti-India and pro-freedom slogans.
Addressing the protesters, the speakers on the occasion said
that the Kashmir dispute was a historic reality and the disputed
status of Jammu and Kashmir could not be challenged.
They said that the resistance leadership and freedom-loving
people of Kashmir were determined to carry forward their freedom
movement till they achieved their right to self-determination.
The Hurriyet leaders said that the black laws like Armed
Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) provided the Indian forces a
license to kill and get away with impunity.
The leaders said that peace in entire South Asia could only
be ensured by repealing draconian laws, withdrawing Indian forces
from Jammu and Kashmir, and by resolving the Kashmir dispute by
giving the Kashmiri people their right to self-determination.
They also condemned night raids, harassment and beating up
of residents and ransacking of their houses in various districts
of the Kashmir Valley, particularly in Pulwama district.
Hurriyet leaders and activists who attended the protest
included Ghulam Nabi Zaki, Sheikh Abdul Rasheed, Raja Merajuddin
Kalwal, Noor Muhammad Kalwal, Zahoor Ahmad Butt, Syed Imtiyaz
Haider, Ramiz Raja, Mustafa Sultan, Ghazi Javed, Hakeem Abdul
Rasheed, Firdous Ahmad Shah, Ghulam Muhammad Nagoo, Sufi Mushtaq
Ahmad, Abdul Rasheed Untoo, Ghulam Nabi Najar, Abdul Majeed Wani,
Jaffar Kashmiri, Muhammad Shafi Khan, Advocate Sheikh Yasir,
Farooq Ahmad Saudagar, Lateef Ahmad Malik, Latif Ahmad Shoora, Ali
Muhammad Rathar, Haji Qadoos, Syed Muhammad Shafiq Shah and Sahil
Ahmad.