The Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik on Friday demanded peaceful resolution of Kashmir and Palestine issues according to the wishes and aspirations of the people.
“A 10-point resolution was adopted, supported and endorsed by thousands of people on Friday in all main Masajids, Khanqahs (shrines) and Immam baras of Jammu Kashmir,” a Hurriyat (G) spokesman said in a statement.
Opposing “establishment of Sainik and Pandit colonies”, the resolution demanded complete ban on sale and consumption of liquor in Jammu & Kashmir and cautioned that the “anti-Kashmir and anti-Muslim policies of the PDP-BJP coalition government will in no way be allowed to succeed here and the Kashmiri nation will continue to resist these policies at every level.”
The separatist leaders who addressed large Friday congregations and read out the resolution include Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at central Jamia Masjid Srinagar, Muhammad Yasin Malik at Charar-e-Sharif shrine and Haji Ghulam Nabi Sumji at Jamia Masjid Qaimoh, the Hurriyat (G) spokesman said.
Besides, other separatist leaders and activists who also addressed different public gatherings and read out the resolution include Peer Saifullah at Jamia Masjid Hyderpora, Agha Sayed Hassan Al-Mousvi Al-Safvi at Budgam, Advocate Muhammad Shafi Rashi and Muhammad Shafi Lone at Dargah Hazratbal, Ghulam Muhammad Khan Sopori at Baba Yousuf, Molvi Bashir Ahmad Irfani at Bemina, Muhammad Ramzan Khan at Karwan Batamalo, Hafiz Bashir Ahmad Farooqi at Prang Kangan, Raja Mehraj-ud-Din at Gandarbal, Muhammad Yousuf Naqash at Guzarbal, Hakeem Abdul Rasheed at Palapora, Muhammad Yaseen Attai at Nasrullah Budgam, Moulana Hafiz Mudasir Nadvi at Bait-ul-Mukaram Baramulla, Bashir Ahmad Qurashi at Ashbal Islamabad, Abdul Hamid Magray at Pantha Chowk, Mehraj-ud-din Rabbani at Handwara, Muhammad Shaban Dar at Kulgam, Tashouq Ahmad Banday at Budgam, Muhammad Yousuf Fallahi at Shopian, Rayees Ahmad Mir at Kangan Bandipora, Salmaan Yousuf at Ajas Bandipora, Muhammad Shafi Khan at Takiakhan Bijbehara, Muhammad Yousuf Makro at Baurau Bijbehara, Shakil Ahmad Bhat at Chakoora Pulwama, Abdul Hameed Rather and Maqbool Bathergami at Gouharpora Budgam, Farooq Ahmad Bhat at Masjid Abu Bakar Handwara, Danish Mushtaq at Kenhama and Muhammad Hussain at Dhobhipora. Besides, the Immams of most of other Masajids all over the state read out this resolution in front of the people and was unanimously passed by the people, the spokesman said.
The resolution says the disputed nature of Kashmir is a living reality and its peaceful and durable solution lies in the right to self determination.
“Kashmiris are a prime and important party to this dispute and it can’t be solved by ignoring the sacrifices and opinion of the people of the region,” the resolution reads. It appealed people to respect the sacred blood of martyrs and show a united face and determination “against the Indian oppression.”
Terming the establishment of Sainik and Pandit colonies as a well-planned conspiracy against the Kashmiri people and the Muslim identity of the state, the resolution said “India is leaving no stone unturned to project the freedom struggle of Kashmir as a communal issue but these plans will not be allowed to succeed here.”
Condemning arrests, crackdowns, killings, harassment and restrictions on political activities of pro-freedom people by the government, the resolution read: “The government has completely banned freedom of expression in the state and turned it into a jail.”
‘Thousands endorsed 10-point resolution on Kashmir’
