Srinagar: On behalf of Hurriyat Conference Jammu Kashmir (HCJK), senior leader of the amalgam Shabir Ahmad Shah on Friday welcomed the statement of Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Shareef in which he sought the resolution of the Kashmir issue in accordance with the wishes and aspirations of the Kashmiri people and UNSC resolutions for the permanent settlement of peace in the south Asia and said that the invaluable sacrifices laid down by Kashmiris will not go waste. The General also termed Kashmir as a “jugular vein” of Pakistan.
Shah said the whole leadership of Hurriyat Conference Jammu Kashmir which include Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Mushtaq ul Islam, Farooq Ahmad Dar (Bita Karatey), Muhammad Yusuf Naqash, Shabir Ahmad Dar and Muhammad Iqbal Mir, is thankful to Pak Army Chief for such encouragement.
Shabir Ahmad Shah said that Pakistan government and its people have always supported Kashmiris at political, moral and diplomatic level and expressed hope that they will continue to do so till the freedom movement reaches its logical conclusion.
Severely condemning the statement of P Chidambaram that Kashmir is an integral part of India and that the people of Kashmir participated in elections, Shah said that Chidambaram, despite being aware of the reality is not reading the writing on the wall and that Kashmir has never been the integral part of India nor ever will.
“Hurriyat Conference Jammu Kashmir believes that the so-called elections under the Indian Constitution cannot be, in any way, an alternative to the right of self determination but the solution to this longstanding issue is in the UN resolutions or as per the wishes and aspirations of the people of Kashmir,” Shah vowed. Shah said Pakistan has played a significant role in highlighting the Kashmir issue and the oppression its people are facing, at international level, right from 1947 and expressed hope that till Kashmiris will not get freedom from Indian forcible occupation, Pakistan will continue to extend its full support.