MIRPUR: Kashmir Freedom Movement (KFM), head Engineer Afzal Ziai has lauded Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s recent address to the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) session raising early solution of the long-standing issue of Kashmir.
In a statement, he said that Pakistan had once again categorically brought the issue of Kashmir to the world’s attention at the global forum. He said that it was heartening to see the emphasis placed on resolving the issue in line with the UN resolutions, which affirmed the right of the people of Kashmir to determine their own future through a free and fair plebiscite. Engineer Afzal Ziai added that Kashmiris were committed to the cause of their freedom, dignity comprising their legitimate right to self-determination.
He said that no doubt Islamabad always advocated case of the people of Kashmir categorically seeking early peaceful solution of the issue of Kashmir in line with global norms and commitments primarily under the spirit of the UN resolutions on the international issue of Kashmir, such speeches were important in keeping the Kashmir issue alive in global forums and the words of such categorical and principled stance would have to be translated into reality, he said.
He said that the people of IIOJK had endured decades of displacement, suffering, and loss under Indian military occupation. “We need tangible action that shows the urgency of our struggle for self-determination”, he added.
“The world, which has failed to hold New Delhi accountable for its serious human rights violations and reign of state terrorism let loose by the Indian occupational forces against innocent people of the occupied Kashmir, bears a key responsibility to get the Kashmiris rid of the fast-deteriorating human rights situation in Occupied Kashmir”, He urged the world to fulfill its moral obligation and stand with oppressed people seeking their rightful freedom.
The time for the world to act is now – since people of Jammu Kashmir can no longer wait”, the Kashmiri leader further said.
