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Sunday, August 20, 2023

APHC pays tributes to martyred APHC leader Sheikh Aziz on his 15th anniversary

Sheikh Abdul Aziz

ISLAMABAD: The speakers have said that martyred senior APHC leader, Martyr of determinationSheikh Abdul Aziz, will always be remembered as a great hero in Kashmir’s history.

The All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) chapter held a seminar in Jammu and Kashmir House in Islamabad, today, to pay glowing tributes to senior martyred leader, Sheikh Abdul Aziz, on his 15th martyrdom anniversary.

The seminar on the martyred leader, “Peace with Honour—Not let up—No Compromise” was presided over by senior APHC-AJK leader Muhammad Farooq Rahmani while former president of AJK Sardar Yaqoob Khan was the chief guest.

The seminar was addressed by APHC-AJK  and AJK leaders, including , Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, Sardar Yaqoob Khan, Ghulam Muhammad Safi, Sheikh Abdul Mateen, Syed Yousuf Naseem, Sheikh Mohammad Yaqoob, Hassan Al-Bana, Rafiq Ahmed Dar, Syed Ejaz Rahmani, Dr Mushtaq Ahmed, Ibrahim Hassan and Afsar Khan.

The speakers said that the situation at that time in 2008 had created unusual circumstances for the people of Kashmir Valley, forcing Sheikh Abdul Aziz and other APHC leadership to demand opening of the Srinagar-Rawalpindi road for trade and travel to save the Kashmiri people from hunger and death.

They said that Sheikh Abdul Aziz sacrificed his life for the ideology of Pakistan and the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination. They said that Sheikh Abdul Aziz devoted his entire life to the righteous demand of the right to self-determination.

They said that Sheikh Abdul Aziz was a great Hurriyat leader and his martyrdom gave a new impetus to the Kashmir freedom movement. The speakers said that the Kashmiri people would not allow the sacrifices of their martyrs to go waste and would continue their struggle to liberate their homeland from the illegal occupation of India. They further stressed that the government of Pakistan should intensify its efforts for the liberation of Jammu and Kashmir from the Indian yoke.

The speakers said Sheikh Aziz and other martyrs are symbols of resistance against brutal Indian illegal occupation, adding Kashmiris will never forget the sacrifices of their martyrs like Sheikh Aziz. Kashmiri people value the sacrifices of their martyrs above all other things, they added.