Separatist outfit Dukhtaran-e- Millat chief Asiya Andrabi celebrated Pakistan National Day in Srinagar today by singing the country’s anthem and hoisting its flag. She then said that all Muslims on the subcontinent are Pakistani, reported ANI.
“For us, people are either Muslims or ‘kaafirs’ (infidels) and if they are Muslims, then their country is Pakistan,” the pro-Pakistan separatist said.
“Pakistan was not formed on basis of a nationality (like India), Islam is the basis of its foundation…Every Muslim is a Pakistani on the basis of Islam, Iman (faith), Quran and love for Prophet Muhammad,” she said.
Andrabi has made incendiary statements before. Last April, she was booked under the ‘Public Safety Act’ and arrested, for allegedly inciting protests and for unlawful activities. She was released on bail eight months later in December.
Pakistan observes National Day every year on March 23. The Pakistan High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood, who was summoned by Pakistan last week, returned to India late last night, in time be able to to host an event on the occasion at the Pakistan high commission in Delhi.
In Video: Asiya Andrabi insults India, celebrates Pakistan Day in Srinagar
Meanwhile, The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday registered a criminal case against activists of women’s separatist group ‘Dukhtaran-e-Milat’ on charges of raising anti-national slogans and indulging in unlawful activities.
A police spokesman said: “We has registered a case against Dukhtaran-e-Milat over a video which has gone viral.
“It has come to our notice that the group’s activists have indulged in certain unlawful activities. They have also raised anti-national slogans and have given hate and provocative speeches.”
At a function here on Friday, the Dukhtaran-e-Milat outfit celebrated ‘Pakistan Day’.
Addressing the function, Asiya Andrabi, the chief of the outfit, reportedly said that all Muslims of the sub-continent were Pakistanis on the basis of Islam, faith and the love of the Prophet.
The activists also sang Pakistan’s national anthem.
