KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
On the occasion of Youm-ul-Quds, thousands of people on Friday endorsed a resolution favouring peaceful solution of Kashmir and Palestine issues “according to wishes and aspirations of the people”.
Hurriyat patriarch, Syed Ali Geelani, in a statement issued last evening said that the resolution was prepared by united resistance leadership including him, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik.
The resolution was readout in all Masajid, Khanqahs (Shrines) and Imam-Bargahs across J&K.
“Opposing the establishment of Sainik and Pandit colonies, the resolution also demands complete and strict ban over the sale and consumption of liquor in Jammu & Kashmir,” Geelani said while quoting the resolution. “..the resolution 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 pro-freedom leaders who addressed the Friday congregations and garnered peoples support for the said resolution include Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Jamia Masjid Srinagar, Mohammad Yasin Malik at Chrar-e-Sharif and Haji Ghulam Nabi Sumji at Jamia Masjid Qaimoh while as Qaid-e-Tehreek-e-Kashmir Syed Ali Geelani, Shabir Ahmad Shah Sahab and Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai continued to remain under house imprisonment and they were not allowed to attend the Jumat-ul-Vida like important religious obligation,” Hurriyat Conference (g) statement said.
“Besides top Hurriyat leaders, the other pro-freedom leaders and activists who also addressed different public gatherings and readout the resolution include Peer Saifullah at Jamia Masjid Hyderpora, Agha Sayed Hassan Al-Mousvi Al-Safvi at Budgam, Advocate Mohammad Shafi Reshi and Mohammad Shafi Lone at Dargah Hazratbal, Ghulam Mohammad Khan Sopori at Baba Yousuf, Molvi Bashir Ahmad Irfani at Bemina, Mohammad Ramzan Khan at Karwan Batamaloo, Hafiz Bashir Ahmad Farooqi at Prang Kangan, Raja Mehraj-ud-din at Ganderbal, Mohammad Yousuf Naqash at Guzarbal, Hakeem Abdul Rasheed at Palpora, Mohammad Yaseen Attai at Nasrullah Budgam, Moulana Hafiz Mudasir Nadvi at Bait-ul-Mukaram Baramulla, Bashir Ahmad Qureshi at Achbal Islamabad, Abdul Hamid Magray at Pantha Chowk, Mehraj-ud-din Rabbani at Handwara, Mohammad Shaban Dar at Kulgam, Tashouq Ahmad Banday at Budgam, Mohammad Yousuf Fallahi at Shopian, Rayees Ahmad Mir at Kangan Bandipora, Salman Yousuf at Ajas Bandipora, Mohammad Shafi Khan at Takiakhan Bijbehara, Mohammad 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 Mohammad Hussain at Dhobhipora. Besides this the Imams of most of the other Masajid all over the state readout this resolution in front of the people and was unanimously passed by the people,” the statement informed.
“The said resolution clearly mentions that Indian forced occupation in Kashmir has no constitutional, legal or moral justification. The majority population of Jammu & Kashmir is struggling against this occupation for last 7 decades and during this period the Indian occupational forces have killed lakhs of Kashmiri people. The disputed nature of Kashmir is a living reality and its peaceful and durable solution lies in the Right to Self Determination. Kashmiris are the prime and important party to this dispute and this issue can’t be solved by ignoring the sacrifices and opinion of the people of the region,” the statement said.
The resolution also appealed the people to respect the “sacred blood of martyrs and show a united face and determination against the Indian oppression”.
While terming the establishment of Sainik and Pandith colonies as a well-planned “conspiracy against the Kashmiri people and the Muslim identity of the state”, the resolution reads that “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”. “The resolution also demanded strict and complete over the alcohol and other like products in Jammu & Kashmir.”
While strongly condemning the arrests, crackdowns, killings, harassment and restrictions on the political activities of the pro-freedom people by the government, the resolution reads that the government has completely “banned the freedom of expression in the state and have turned it into a jail”.
Meanwhile, a massive rally marking Youm-ul- Quds was taken out from Imam Bara Hassan Abad Rainawari. However, it stopped by heavy contingent of Police and CRPF when it wa son its way to main road Kathi Dardwaza.
The procession was led by Aga Syed Abid Hussaini. People raised anti-Israel slogans and raised posters of “Free Palestine and Free Kashmir”.
