Report: ANI
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), chaired by its Convener Ghulam Muhammad Safi, was held at the organisation’s central office in Islamabad to review the latest situation in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting expressed deep concern over raids on civilian homes, arrests of youth and the continued harassment of people by Indian forces, stating that such actions have created an atmosphere of fear and distress among the Kashmiri population.
The Hurriyat leadership strongly condemned these actions and urged the international community to take notice of serious human rights violations in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and play its role in ensuring the fundamental rights of the Kashmiri people.
The meeting emphasised that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory whose status is recognised in United Nations Security Council resolutions. It maintained that a lasting resolution of the Kashmir dispute is possible only through the right to self-determination, in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions and the free will of the Kashmiri people.
The Hurriyat leadership also made it clear that no unilateral action affecting the political, legal and international status of the Kashmiri people would be acceptable.
At the conclusion of the meeting, heartfelt condolences were expressed over the demise of the mother-in-law of Hurriyat leader Nazir Ahmad Karnai, the brother of late Mijaz Kashmiri, the father of late Shuja Abbas, and renowned heart surgeon Dr Muhammad Akbar, who passed away in occupied Kashmir.
The participants prayed for the elevation of the ranks of the deceased, forgiveness and eternal peace for their souls, and patience for the bereaved families.
Special prayers were also offered for the Kashmiri martyrs who lost their lives in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and all other deceased.
