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ISLAMABAD, (APP): Hurriyet leadership has unanimously
said that the solution to the Kashmir dispute lies only in
securing the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination in accordance
with the resolutions of the United Nations on Kashmir.
According to KMS, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet
Conference, Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Shabbir Ahmad
Shah and other Hurriyet leaders while rejecting the Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s assertions on talks on Kashmir maintained
that the universal principle of Right to Self Determination was
the only road to peace in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Mohammad
Yasin Malik and other Hurriyet leaders in their separate
statements denounced the Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s
remarks against Kashmiri protesters. The leaders said that by
describing peaceful protesters as attackers, Arun Jaitley had
demonstrated the colonial mindset of Indian rulers vis-…-vis
Kashmir.
Dozens of protesters were injured in pellet firing by Indian
armed forces’ personnel on anti-India protest rallies in Shopian,
Nowgam, Bandipora, Sopore, Rafiabad, Baramulla, Dapan and other
areas of the territory. The protesters waved Pakistani flags and
raised anti-India and pro-freedom slogans. Liberation leaders
including Sikh leader, Narender Singh addressing thousands of
people during a protest rally in Badgam urged the international
community to stop India from committing violence in Kashmir. An
official residence of an Indian army-backed Ikhwan’s member was
attacked in Bandipora.
In another development, two Special Police Officers publicly
resigned from the police jobs in Sopore and announced to join the
Intifada in Kashmir.