Kashmiris mark Accession to Pakistan Day with renewed pledge for freedom
ISLAMABAD (KMS) - Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control, Pakistan and across the world observed the Accession to Pakistan Day, on Friday (19th July), with a renewed pledge to continue their struggle for freedom from Indian illegal occupation and complete merger of Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan.
According to Kashmir Media Service, on 19th July in 1947, genuine representatives of the Kashmiris unanimously passed the resolution of Kashmir’s Accession to Pakistan during a meeting of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference at the residence of Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan in Aabi Guzar area of Srinagar.
The historic resolution called for the Accession of the State of Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan in view of its existing religious, geographical, cultural and economic proximity to Pakistan and aspirations of millions of Kashmiri Muslims. The convention was presided over by Chaudhry Hamid Ullah Khan, and the resolution was presented by Khawaja Ghulamuddin Wani and Abdul Rahim Wani, with 59 prominent leaders in attendance.
The development had come almost a month before the creation of two sovereign states of Pakistan and India under the Partition Plan of the British Indian colony on August 14 and 15 respectively, the same year. As per the understanding behind the Partition Plan, the Princely States were free to accede to either of the two newly established countries.
The decision of 19th July 1947 was a testimony to the fact that the people of Kashmir had linked their future with Pakistan. They took the decision of joining Pakistan to protect their political, religious, social, cultural and economic rights, as they were well aware of their fate under Hindus who had deep seated animosity for Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir.
Meanwhile, an analytical report released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, today, revealed that at least 450,000 Kashmiris have laid down their lives for Jammu and Kashmir’s freedom from Indian occupation and its Accession to Pakistan during the past 77 years. It said the worst kind of Indian state terrorism have failed to wipe out the Kashmiris’ love for Pakistan.
The report said Indian troops in their continued acts of state terrorism have martyred over 96,329 Kashmiris including 7344 in custody and fake encounters since January 1989 till date. It said the Indian troops, paramilitary and police personnel have subjected at least 8,000 Kashmiri youth to custodial disappearance, molested over 11,264 women and destroyed as many as 110,518 houses, shops/ structures during the period while over five thousand Kashmiris including APHC chairman Masarrat Aalam Butt, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Aasiya Andrabi and Nayeem Ahmed Khan had been languishing in different jails of India and the territory.
