Accession to Pakistan Day observed in occupied Kashmir, AJK, world

Accession to Pakistan Day observed in occupied Kashmir, Azad Kashmir and across the world on Sunday.

Notably, Kashmiris renewed pledge to continue the struggle for freedom from Indian occupation and complete merger of Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan.

Accession to Pakistan Day observed

Kashmiris held programmes on both sides of the Line of Control and all over the world.

Genuine representatives of the Kashmiris unanimously passed the resolution of Kashmir’s Accession to Pakistan on 19th July 1947.

They decided so during a meeting of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference at the residence of Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan in Srinagar.

According to the understanding behind the Partition Plan of the British India, the Princely States had enjoyed freedom to accede to either of the two newly established countries.

And 19th July 1947 decision became a testimony to the fact that the people of Kashmir had linked their future with Pakistan.

Hurriyat leaders and organisations including Ghulam Muhammad Khan Sopori, Hilal Ahmad War, Shabbir Ahmad Dar, Umar Aadil Dar, Javed Ahmad Mir, Yasmeen Raja, Mohammed Yousuf Naqash, Manzoor Ghazi, Jammu and Kashmir National Front, Ummat-e-Islami, Islami Tanzeem-e-Azadi and Pairwaan-e-Wilayat issued their statements in Srinagar. They recalled the day and backed its spirit.

Kashmir Media Service

On the other hand, Kashmir Media Service (KMS) Research Section released an analytical report.

It says over 450,000 Kashmiris have laid down their lives for Jammu and Kashmir’s freedom from Indian occupation and its Accession to Pakistan during the last over seven decades.

Meanwhile, a roundtable held under the aegis of APHC-AJK chapter in Islamabad on the occasion of Accession to Pakistan Day.

Speakers said that Kashmiri people had ascertained their destiny to be a part of Pakistan.

Former AJK President, Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan chaired the event while AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan was the special guest

And in occupied Kashmir, clashes erupted after Indian troops launched a cordon and search operation in Anchar area of Soura in the Srinagar outskirts.

Meanwhile, the APHC leader, Advocate Devinder Singh Behl in a statement issued in Jammu expressed grave concern over the new construction policy approved by the Indian authorities for Jammu and Kashmir.

He said the policy has paved the way for Indian forces to occupy Kashmiris’ lands and carry out construction and other activities.

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