MIRPUR (AJK), (MILLAT/APP): Special programs have been planned to commemorate the 33rd martyrdom anniversary of eminent leader of Kashmir Freedom Movement Muhammad Maqbool Butt shaheed at both sides of the Line of Control – Azad Jammu Kashmir and Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir and rest of the world on Feb 11with renewal of the pledge to continue the mission of the departed Kashmiri leader till the achievement of legitimate right of self-determination.
According to JKLF, Anti-India and pro-freedom rallies and demonstrations in all small and major towns at both sides of LoC will be hallmark of the day to pay rich tributes to shaheed Maqbool Butt who was put to gallows by India in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail this day in 1984 for his “offense” of demanding the right of self-determination for the people of Jammu Kashmir state under the spirit of the international norms and commitments, according to program announced by the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front.
In occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a complete strike followed by rallies, seminars, conferences and processions will be the hallmark of the martyrdom day of one of the pioneer leaders of the Kashmir freedom struggle, according to ex President J & K Plebiscite Front Azeem Dutt Advocate. Besides, memorandums containing Kashmiris long-standing persistent demand of the early resolution of Kashmir issue under UN resolutions, will be handed over to the nearest UN observers missions in occupied Kashmir and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Dutt told the reporters here on Friday while highlighting the program of observance of the martyrdom day at either side of the LoC.
The JKNLF leader said that the main ceremony to observe the day will be held in Muzaffarabad under the auspices of JKNLF, likely to be led by the party’s President Shoukat Maqbool Butt, the son of the departed freedom fighter Maqbool Butt. Similarly rallies will also be held in Bagh, Kotli, Khuiratta, Dardayal in AJK as well as in Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Sialkot to pay tributes to the departed soul.
In Mirpur district, processions and rallies will be taken out jointly under the auspices of JKNLF, Jammu Kashmir Plebiscite Front and Jammu Kashmir National Students Federation and other groups, to observe the anniversary. The demonstrating people will march through the major city streets in a big procession.
Speakers on this occasion will pay rich tributes to Maqbool Butt for his heroic struggle for the liberation of the motherland from Indian occupation and for giving the sacrifice of his life for the cause of the liberation of Jammu and Kashmir from the Indian subjugation.
In occupied Kashmir, a complete strike will be observed on Feb 11 to mark the anniversary of Maqbool Butt.
The call for the strike has been given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front and other freedom-loving organisations in separate statements issued in Srinagar Thursday, says a report reach here Friday from across the LoC.