Kashmiris to take out rallies for right of self-determination on Jan 5

MUZAFFARABAD: The Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir in a meeting held in Muzaffarabad, today, decided to hold meetings and rallies across Azad Jammu and Kashmir on January 5 on the occasion of Right to
Self-Determination Day.

Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir Chairman, Uzair Ahmad Ghazali, Azmat Hayat Kashmiri, Mushtaq-ul-Islam, Dr Muhammad Manzoor, Syed Hamza Shaheen, Usman Ali Hashim, Javed Ahmad Mughal, Raja Zakheer Khan, Hafiz Bilal Ahmad Farooqi, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Chaudhry Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Farooq Sheikh, Aslam Inqilabi, Chaudhry Muhammad Qasim and others were present in the meeting.

The leaders of the refugee organizations addressing the gathering said that rallies would be held all over Azad Jammu and Kashmir on January 5 to make the United Nations and the international community aware of their
constitutional responsibility towards the Kashmir dispute.

The speakers said that the Kashmiri people were demanding a free, fair and impartial plebiscite from the United Nations. They added that it was the responsibility of the international community to take steps to end the illegal military occupation of Jammu and Kashmir by India and give Kashmiris their birthright to self-determination.

It was also decided in the meeting that a rally would be held on January 5 from Burhan Wani Shaheed Chowk to the UN observer’s office and a memorandum regarding the right to self-determination would be presented to international observers.

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