APHC reaffirms Kashmir’s accession to Pakistan pledge on historic July 19 resolution

• Hurriyat leaders say 1947 decision reflected Kashmiris’ resolve to accede to Pakistan before Partition

• Urge UN Secretary-General to help resolve Kashmir dispute in line with UN resolutions and people’s aspirations

• July 19 observed as Accession to Pakistan Day, reaffirming Kashmiris’ enduring bond with Pakistan

 SRINAGAR: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leaders and constituent organizations in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on Saturday described July 19 as a defining milestone in Kashmir's political history, saying the people of Jammu and Kashmir had decided to accede to Pakistan in 1947 even before the partition of the subcontinent, while renewing their call for the resolution of the longstanding dispute in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people and the relevant United Nations resolutions.

According to the Kashmir Media Service (KMS), the representatives of the Kashmiris unanimously adopted the historic resolution in favour of Kashmir's accession to Pakistan on July 19, 1947, during a meeting of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference held at the residence of Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan in the Aabi Guzar area of Srinagar.

 The APHC leaders and organizations, including Jammu Kashmir Tehreek-e-Hurriyet, Muslim League Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League, Jammu and Kashmir Students and Youth Forum, Tehreek-e-Wahdat-e-Islami, Pirwan-e-Wilayat, Peoples Freedom League, Democratic Political Movement, Freedom Movement, Mass Movement, Kashmir Tehreek-e-Khawateen, Gujjar Pahari Republic Forum, Peoples Movement, Muslim Khawateen Markaz, Muslim Democratic League, Tehreek-e-Mazahamat, Employees Movement, Mahaz-e-Azadi, National Front, Tahreek-e-Istiqlal, Islamic Political Party, Kashmiri Freedom Front, Jammu and Kashmir Political Resistance Movement, Jammu and Kashmir Tehreek-e-Istiqamat, Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Movement, Jammu and Kashmir Social Youth Forum, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Resistance Party, and Islami Tanzeem-e-Azadi, said in their separate statements that the historic decision of July 19, 1947 stands as enduring testimony that the people of Jammu and Kashmir had linked their future with Pakistan.

The parties urged the United Nations Secretary-General to take cognizance of what they described as war crimes being committed by Indian troops in the internationally recognized disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir and to play an effective role in resolving the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people and the relevant United Nations resolutions.

The APHC leaders and organizations said the people of Kashmir reaffirm their affinity with Pakistan every year by observing July 19 as Accession to Pakistan Day. They added that it was on this historic day that the Kashmiri leadership unanimously decided to link the future of Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan, even before the establishment of Pakistan.