British lawmaker pledges to raise Kashmiris’ plight in British Parliament
Birmingham: A newly elected UK lawmaker pledged that he will raise voice for right to self-determination to people of Jammu and Kashmir in and outside the British Parliament.
According to Kashmir Media Service, MP Ayoub Khan, who won as an independent lawmaker, said his support for Kashmir will not any red line since he is not representing any particular party in the British parliament.
“Our fight for Kashmiris in occupied Kashmir has to capture the minds of the fair-minded public. That is important,” Khan told an event in Birmingham which marked Kashmir Martyrs Day.
Lauding Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK President Fahim Kayani for being “instrumental” in mobilizing support among the British lawmakers, Khan said: we have to be strategic.”
“In the House of Commons, I will raise this because sometimes, timing is very important,” he said.
Khan said the UK was not only responsible for partition of 1947 in South Asia, “but also responsible for what is taking place.”
Kayani, a prominent Kashmiri diaspora figure, thanked MP Khan for his support and clarity on the issue of Kashmir.
Nazir Ahmed Qureshi, Mulana Tariq Masood, Farooq ul Qadari, Khawajah Suleman, Mulana Imdad ul Hasan Nomani, Mufti Abdul Majeed Nadeem and Naib Mughal spoke on the occasion.
