APHC-AJK delegation meets MQM leaders, visits Palestine Foundation in Karachi
Karachi:
A delegation from the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC-AJK) Azad Jammu and Kashmir chapter met with key leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) at Pakistan House in Karachi.
According to Kshmir Media Service, led by APHC-AJK Convenor Ghulam Muhammad Safi, the delegation engaged in detailed discussions about the current situation in Kashmir with MQM leaders Anis Qaimkhani, Shamshad Siddiqui, Shabir Qaimkhani, Irshad Zafir and Adil Askari. The Hurriyat delegation included General Secretary Advocate Pervez Ahmed, Syed Ejaz Ahmed, Sheikh Abdul Majid and Abdul Hamid Lone.
The MQM leaders reaffirmed their full support for the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination, assuring the Hurriyat delegation that they stand alongside Kashmiris in their just struggle for freedom.
Anis Qaimkhani emphasized that the Kashmir issue is not only a concern for Kashmiris but for all Pakistanis, stating that Pakistan will not rest until Kashmiris are granted internationally recognized self-determination. The MQM leadership also confirmed their participation in the Black Day rally on October 27.
In a separate engagement, Ghulam Muhammad Safi’s delegation visited the office of the Palestine Foundation Pakistan in Karachi, where they were warmly received by the Foundation’s President, Dr. Sabeer Abu Mariam.
The meeting included notable figures from various sectors, such as former National Assembly member Muhammad Hussain Mehnati, Allama Muhammad Sadiq Jafari, and representatives from the Karachi Arts Council and other civil society groups.
During this meeting, speakers discussed the parallels between the struggles of Kashmir and Palestine, highlighting how both are oppressed under similar tyrannical strategies by Hindu and Zionist forces. They asserted that the sacrifices made by the Kashmiri people will not be in vain and called upon the international community to fulfill its pledges to the Kashmiri people. The Palestine Foundation and religious leaders also pledged their active participation in the Black Day rally on October 27, which will take place at the Karachi Arts Council.
Meanwhile, APHC-AJK Convener Ghulam Mohammad Safi addressing a press conference in Karachi termed 27 October 1947 as the darkest day in the history of the Jammu and Kashmir. He said that on that day India landed its army in Srinagar and occupied Jammu and Kashmir illegally.
He said that the day was the beginning of the Indian occupation of Jammu and Kashmir and from that day till today India had continued this illegal occupation by military force.
The APHC-AJK delegation met the officials of the Human Rights Council of Pakistan. In the meeting, the serious violations of human rights in occupied Jammu and Kashmir were highlighted and it was agreed that voice will be raised at the national and international level against these atrocities.
The Human Rights Council of Pakistan delegation was led by its President Jamshed Hussain and comprised Chaudhry Zafar Iqbal, Azhar Awan, Zameer Abbasi, Chaudhry Tariq, Raja Azhar, Syed Jawad Hussain, Fakhr Abbas Kashmiri, Ghulam Rasool, Muhammad Ayaz, Syed Najmi Alam and Bashir Saduzai.
The speakers on the occasion made it clear that Hindu extremists are trying to suppress the ongoing freedom struggle in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir through cruel policies. He said that conspiracies to wipe out Kashmiri people will never succeed. The speakers emphasized that defeating the ideology of Hindutva should be the common goal of all and it requires solidarity and collective struggle.
The speakers praised the freedom struggle and sacrifices of Kashmiris and said that the international community must fulfill the promise of self-determination of Kashmiris. He reiterated that he stands with Kashmiris and will continue to support them at all levels.
In this meeting, the Indian initiative of August 5, 2019, under which the special constitutional status of Occupied Kashmir was abolished, and the Black Day on October 27 were discussed in detail. Full participation was assured and cooperation was appealed for in the rally held at the Arts Council on the occasion of Black Day in Karachi.
The speakers said that without giving Kashmiris their right to self-determination, relations with India cannot be improved and peace cannot be established in the region.
