Palestine-Kashmir conference in Islamabad on one year completion of Israel’s aggression on Gaza
Islamabad: A Palestine-Kashmir conference was held in Islamabad on the occasion of the completion of one year of Israel’s aggression on Gaza.
According to Kashmir Media Service, former ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Azad Jammu and Kashmir Abdul Rasheed Turabi was the chief guest of the conference.
The speakers included Tehreek Jawanan Pakistan President Abdullah Hameed Gul, former Azad Jammu and Kashmir Minister Farzana Yaqoob, Palestinian journalist Jalal Farah and Hurriyat leaders Abdul Hameed Lone and Zahid Safi. The conference was presided by Chairman Pakistan Awami Quwat Part Khaqan Waheed Khawaja.
In their address, the speakers emphasized on the immediate resolution of the long-pending disputes of Kashmir and Palestine. They paid tribute to the martyred Palestinians on the one year anniversary of the Israeli aggression in Gaza.
They said Israel is continuing to massacre innocent Palestinians and even after a year, the world powers have kept a criminal silence on the massacre of innocent civilians in Palestine and Kashmir.
The speakers said the Zionist army is continuously targeting hospitals, mosques, schools and refugee camps in Gaza and, so far, around 42,000 Palestinians have been martyred and more than 97,000 have been injured.
The speakers demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and said Israeli state terrorism has now spread to other countries of the region, including Lebanon.
On this occasion, the speakers also strongly condemned the Indian atrocities on innocent Kashmiris and said the situation of occupied Kashmir and Palestine are similar to a large extent.
They said the Kashmiri and Palestinian people are continuing their peaceful struggle for freedom from the usurping foreign rule and are making unprecedented sacrifices to achieve this goal.
At the end of the conference, prayers were also offered for the high status of Kashmiri and Palestinian martyrs.