President Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sardar Masood Khan Thursday expressed his apprehensions and said that the same 2002 massacre, which took place under the supervision of the then Chief Minister of Gujrat Narendra Modi, might be repeated in Indian Occupied Kashmir as extremist organisations have been given a freehand amid post-Pulwama hype.
He stated this while having a meeting with former Emir Jamaat-e-Islami Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) Abdul Rashid Turabi here at AJ&K House. Both the leaders discussed the recent situation along the Line of Control (LoC) and the overall human rights situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). While paying tribute to Pakistan's Armed Forces, Masood Khan said that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has given India a befitting reply, adding that India should not make any similar moves towards escalating tensions between the two nuclear states.
Turabi said that the people of AJ&K and the whole nation stand united with the Armed Forces. He proposed that all-parties conference (APC) of AJ&K political parties may be convened to assess the current situation and display unity to the nation in face of Indian unprovoked aggression.
Turabi also asserted that there is no military solution to the Kashmir issue, adding that India must be engaged in diplomatic means for resolution of the issue. All means, he said, must be utilised to expose India and its human rights violations in IOK and advocate the right to self-determination of Kashmiri people.
The President said that AJ&K is not only the defensive bastion of Pakistan but its valiant people are also serving the Pakistan armed forces in all capacities and actively protecting the frontiers of this sovereign state. He said its people stand abreast with the Pakistan armed forces in defending the sacred homeland.
He said that both India and Pakistan possess nuclear weapons and any miscalculation would lead to havoc and devastation in the region and the world. He said that starting a war is easy but the unintended consequences are beyond anyone's comprehensions and can easily spin out of control.
President Azad Kashmir said that no level of intimidation or coercion would be able to make the Kashmiris lose sight of their struggle for freedom and ascertaining their right to self-determination.
Both leaders also welcomed the recent debate on Kashmir at the UK Parliament. They thanked the Members of Parliament for raising this very critical issue at such a parliament. The President welcomed the proposal of Turabi for convening an APC and continuing diplomatic efforts towards resolving the Kashmir issue.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019

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