Glowing tributes paid to Sheikh Abdul Aziz: Umar Farooq

Srinagar, August 9:   Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and other pro-freedom leaders and organizations have paid rich tributes to senior Hurriyet leader, Sheikh Abdul Aziz, on his first martyrdom anniversary.

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in a statement issued in Srinagar said, the sacrifices of the martyrs are assets for the liberation movement and will not be allowed to go waste, come what may.

The illegally detained APHC leader and the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir National Front, Nayeem Ahmed Khan in a statement from Kathua Jail said that all the martyrs including Shaheed-e-Azeemat Sheikh Abdul Aziz were Kashmiris’ pride and asset and it was duty of the people to take the mission of martyrs to its logical end.

The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League in its statement said, “Sheikh Aziz led the Muzaffarabad Chalo protest rally on August 11, 2008. The rally was attended by lakhs of people. It was the time when fanatics in Jammu had started blockade of Jammu-Srinagar highway. When the rally reached Boniyar in tehsil Uri, Indian troops and police personnel opened fire on the rally as a result of which Sheikh Aziz and others achieved martyrdom.”

The forum patronised by senior Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani paying glowing tributes to Sheikh Abdul Aziz said, “Sheikh Aziz spent major part of his life in jails and finally achieved martyrdom,” adding, “We will continue our struggle till Kashmir achieves freedom.”

The Jammu and Kashmir Tehreek-e-Hurriyat and Democratic Political Movement, in their separate statements, lauded the contribution of Shaheed-e-Azeemat, Sheikh Abdul Aziz in the freedom struggle and his great sacrifice for the Kashmir cause.

Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front in its statement said, “Aziz and others laid down their lives for a cause and we pledge to take their mission to its logical conclusion. They have scripted history.”

Nothing less than freedom from India acceptable to Kashmiris: Muhammad Farooq Rehmani

Islamabad, July 25: The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League (JKPFL), Muhammad Farooq Rehmani has said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir are determined to continue their struggle against Indian occupation till its logical conclusion.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani in a statement in Islamabad said that the ongoing upsurge against the over stay of Indian troops and paramilitary forces, draconian laws and installation of stooges by fraud elections, was being handled by the 21st century youth, who had the stamina to continue the unarmed fight for the right of self determination, as they had burnt their boats and exhausted their patience before the monster of state terrorism.

He said that every other thing except the current experiment had become irrelevant in this situation. He hoped that the pro-India lobby in any garb would not be allowed to rule the roost. “Experience and wisdom coupled with the circumstances will dictate terms of the uprising,” he added.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani out-rightly rejected the internal autonomy proposal of both senior and junior Abdullah and termed it obsolete. He regretted the cold shoulder attitude of the world community and said that only Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and some other western human rights groups seriously censored India for its unabated oppression and abuses in occupied Kashmir, while no country could voice their resentment against the inhuman situation created by the Indian authorities in the territory.

The JKPFL Chairman criticized America for its ''Hands off policy'' on Kashmir, warning that this policy would not bring peace and prosperity to South Asia. He deplored that the America, which had sponsored and endorsed the Security Council resolutions on Kashmir in the last century, now was giving an old international dispute a bilateral curl.

''The Kashmiris will never barter away their slogan nor withdraw on Indian terms. They will not accept bilateral bend or interpretation of the dispute or political and economic packages not reflecting the sentiments of the people, but will continue to stress upon the world leaders including America to fulfil their promises with the Kashmiris according to the Security Council’s resolutions, as they did in other cases of international character and dimension,'' he remarked.(Writer-South Asia)