Rehman Malik, Sardar Masood Khan discuss Kashmir situation

Islamabad: Sardar Masood Khan President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir called on Senator A. Rehman Malik Saturday at his residence in Islamabad and afterward both the leader briefed a joint press conference on the prevailing situation of Indian Occupied Kashmir particularly the human rights
violations after August 5th, 2019.

President Masood Khan thanked and highly applauded Senator A. Rehman Malik for raising the Kashmir issue both at national and international level and named him ‘the Ambassador of Kashmiris’’.

In the meeting, both the leaders discussed in detail the ongoing situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir where cruel curfew is imposed throughout the valley since August 5, 2019. Both the leaders strongly condemned the unprecedented brutalities which Indian Forces are committing against armless Kashmiris in terms of mass murdering, mass blinding through pelleting, rapes, tortures, enforced disappearances, political repression and suppression of freedom of speech.

Senator A. Rehman Malik gave a copy of the letter to President Sardar Masood Khan which he has written to Mr. Craig Glenday, Editor-in-Chief of Guinness World Records to include the “longest curfew in Indian Occupied Kashmir” in the Guinness book of world records.

While addressing the joint Press Conference, Senator A. Rehman Malik said Indian Forces under Prime Minister Modi had already crossed all limits of humanity by violating the human rights in IoK but sadly the international community and Islamic world are silent spectators.

He said that he has written a letter to the editor in chief of the Guinness World Records to include the longest curfew imposed by Indian government in Kashmir in the Guinness book as so far in the human history nowhere so long curfew is imposed. He said that Indian government has imposed curfew since August 05, 2019, to suppress the voice of oppressed Kashmiris and to deprive them of their right of freedom of expression.

He said that Indian government under PM Narendra Modi has turned the whole Kashmir valley into the largest prison of the world. He said that today is the 138th day of persistent and the longest curfew ever imposed in the history of the world that shows the Indian violent mindset against Kashmiris whose basic human rights are being violated and they are not being allowed to exercise their right of self-determination as per the Resolutions duly passed by the United Nations Security Council.

Senator Rehman Malik advised the government of Pakistan to follow the precedent set by Gambian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Mr. Abubacarr Marie Tambadou who picked the courage and presented the case of Rohingyan massacre before the ICJ. He said if a small country Gambia can stand for Rohingyan Muslims why can’t Pakistan go for oppressed Kashmiris in ICJ and ICC.

He said that so far more than 94,000 Kashmiris have been killed, 7,000 persons have been killed in Indian custody, 22,000 women have been widowed, 105,000 children have been orphaned and 10,000 women have been raped and molested by Indian military and paramilitary troops since 1989. He adds that more than 8,000 people have gone missing in enforced disappearances by Indian forces since 1989. He stressed that all these atrocious crimes against humanity make the Indian government and PM Narendra Modi liable to be trialed in international courts.

Senator A. Rehman Malik announced ‘’I and President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Masood Khan have agreed upon to contact the Gambian Minister Mr. Abubacarr Marie Tambadou to seek his guideline to file a law suit against PM Narendra Modi in ICC and ICJ’’. He said that Modi is the chief of terrorists and he must face the penalties for the brutalities he is committing against innocent Kashmiris.

Sardar Masood Khan President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir while addressing the media highly applauded the struggles and role of Senator A. Rehman Malik to highlight the Indian brutalities against oppressed Kashmiris. He said ‘’I, on the behalf of the people of Kashmir and myself are greatly thankful to Senator A. Rehman Malik for raising the issue of Kashmir at every forum both national and international’’.

He said ‘’I announce Senator A. Rehman Malik as Ambassador of oppressed Kashmiri people’’ adding ‘’Thank you Rehman Malik; You always have been a very vocal in raising your voice in support of the Kashmiris’’. He said that Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir has become the largest prison in the world where the human rights are being humiliated on daily basis.

President Masood Khan said that Kashmir siege has now entered into 138 days and the people have been incarcerated in their homes. He said that India is trying to create a new political class in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the Kashmiris, in their state of siege are struggling under the oppressive regime of the Indian occupation forces and we must do the same and keep raising our voice for their freedom. He said that the violence unleashed by the Indian forces in the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K) would never succeed in repressing the just struggle of people of Kashmir for their right to self-determination. He said “People of Kashmir had never succumbed in the past nor will they surrender in the future as Kashmir was never part of India and would never be the part of India,”

President Masood said that the slogan of “We want Freedom” is now echoing all over India as the fascist regime of Modi is making life intolerable for the Muslims living in India. He said that India is very actively working on the diplomatic front and we must continue to combat them by allocating resources to our diplomatic teams. He said that regarding Kashmir the India’s lies have been rejected by the world and over people are raising their voice for Kashmiris. He said ‘’we thank Malaysia, Turkey, Iran and China for being the strongest voice for Kashmiris’’.

He called upon diaspora to help in creating public awareness about the miserable conditions in which people in the Indian Occupied Kashmir were living since imposition of curfew. He informed that due to shortages of food and medicines, many people had lost their lives in addition to deaths and injuries resulting from the use of guns and pellet guns by the Indian forces in the occupied Kashmir.