Need to create awareness about Kashmir dispute in new generation stressed
Rawalpindi: The Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Cell, Wajahat Rashid Baig, has said that the Modi-led Hindutva Indian government is rapidly advancing its colonial plan to turn the Muslim majority into a minority in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Wajahat Rashid Baig, addressing a special meeting of focal persons of universities of Azad Jammu and Kashmir at Kashmir Center Rawalpindi, said, “We need to create awareness in our new generation regarding the historical background of the Kashmir dispute and the nefarious intentions of the Modi government regarding Jammu and Kashmir.
He said inter-university speech competitions will be organized by the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Cell under the theme of “Indian demographic engineering in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and its impact on the right to self-determination” in May organized so that the students could be made aware of conspiracies of the Modi government.
Wajahat Rashid Baig urged the students of universities and colleges across Azad Jammu and Kashmir to fully use social media for highlighting the Kashmir cause and inform the international community about the ongoing Indian atrocities and illegal actions in occupied Jammu and Kashmir by the Modi regime.
He said the endless sacrifices of Kashmiris for freedom from illegal Indian occupation will surely bring fruit one day.
On the occasion, Raja Muhammad Aslam Khan, Director, Operations, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Cell, briefed the focal persons about the speech contests and other issues. He said the selection of the students for the final speech competition will be done strictly on the basis of merit and the first position winner will be given Rs 0.1 million, second position-holder will be given Rs 80, 000 and the third position winner will be give Rs 60, 000. Certificates of appreciation will also be given to all students participating in the competition.
Director of Kashmir Center Rawalpindi Raja Khan Afsar Khan, Sardar Sajid Mehmood, Najeeb-ul- Ghafoor Khan, Raja Rashid Raza, Farhan Qayyum Abbasi and Engineer Nauman Abbasi were also present in the meeting.
While on behalf of the universities, Director, Students Affairs, Azad Kashmir University, Muzaffarabad, Dr Sharjeel, Deputy Director, Students Affairs, Poonch University, Basharat Mehmood, Shahid Hussain Mir, Lecture, Department of English, Focal Person of Literary Society University of Kotli, Taimur Akbar Chaudhry, Assistant Professor, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) and Dr Khalid, Assistant Professor, Azad Jammu and Kashmir University, Bhimbar attended the meeting.
