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ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): Hurriyet leaders and organizations
have praised the stance taken by the Pakistan Prime Minister,
Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, during his speech at the United Nations
General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar, lauding
the speech said, “Nawaz Sharif courageously highlighted the
Kashmir dispute and proved himself a friend and well-wisher of
Kashmir,” KMS reported.
He said although the UN has not lived up to the expectations
of the oppressed and suppressed Kashmiris, for which it came into
existence, but reminding World Body and its member countries of
the long-pending Kashmir dispute, Nawaz Sharif has once again
reiterated Pakistan’s stand that unless the core issue of Kashmir
is resolved as per its historical perspective and according to the
wishes of Kashmiri people, dance of death and destruction will
have no end.
The APHC Chairman said that list of crimes committed by the
Indian forces was very long and it was lengthening with each
passing day.
Killings, molestations, ransacking of buildings,
arrests, humiliations and harassments are the common and much used
tools of world’s largest democracy by which they try to muzzle our
just voice, he added.
Senior APHC leader, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi, in
a statement in Srinagar said, “The speech does not only reflect
desires, feelings and aspirations of Kashmiri people but also
expressed the desire of lasting peace and stability in the
region.”
He said that Nawaz Sharif drew the attention of the world
community towards the deteriorating human rights situation in
occupied Kashmir and exposed the repressive face of India, which
claimed be the largest democracy of the world.
The Hurriyet forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq hailing the
speech of Nawaz Sharif at the UNGA in its statement in Srinagar
expressed gratitude to Pakistan and its government for once again
pleading the just political cause of the people of Kashmir before
the world.
It stressed upon the World Body to fulfill its commitments
made with the people of Kashmir through its Security Council
resolutions, pending implementation for the past 70 years.
The forum said that Nawaz Sharif very emphatically
highlighted the ongoing unrelenting and unprecedented oppression
and violence being perpetuated upon the people of Kashmir by the
Indian state and presented a detailed dossier of the grave human
rights violations being committed across the territory to the UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
The Illegally detained Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir
Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik, in his said that
Pakistan was making all efforts to highlight the plight of
suppressed Kashmiris.
He said that the UN should implement the suggestions
presented by Nawaz Sharif and play its role in resolving the long-
pending dispute. He appealed to the UN to take strong note of
killings and excesses committed by Indian forces in occupied
Kashmir and impress upon New Delhi to end suppression of Kashmiris
and forcible control over Jammu and Kashmir. He hoped that in
future also Pakistan would continue to support the just cause of
Kashmiris.
APHC leader, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, in his statement in Srinagar
hailed the address of Nawaz Sharif in the UNGA. “Political
disputes like Kashmir could be resolved by political statesmanship
and concrete political measures. Kashmir dispute cannot be
resolved by New Delhi’s jingoism, unethical attitude and use of
brute force against the freedom-loving Kashmiri people,” he
maintained.
Dukhtaran-e-Millat Chairperson, Aasiya Andrabi in her
statement expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister of Pakistan
for his bold and realistic speech on Kashmir at the UNGA session.
She said the speech by Nawaz Sharif at the UNGA is a big step
towards the success of ongoing resistance movement.