Kashmiris to observe self-determination day tomorrow

UN urged to press India for plebiscite in Kashmir

Srinagar, January 04 (KMS): Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over will observe the Right of Self-determination Day, tomorrow, to remind the world that the UN resolutions on Kashmir remained unimplemented even after the passage of more than six decades.

It was on this day in 1949, that the United Nations adopted a resolution, acknowledging right of self-determination of Kashmiris and giving them the right to decide their future by themselves.

Speakers at a seminar in Srinagar, today, maintained that the unparalleled sacrifices of the Kashmiris to secure this inalienable right would not be allowed to go waste. The seminar was organized by the All Parties Hurriyet Conference and the speakers included Hurriyet Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Abdullah Tari, Mukhtar Ahmed Waza and Dr Javed Iqbal. A resolution passed on the occasion said that the Kashmiris were the masters of their destiny and they would continue their struggle that was totally indigenous.

Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, in a letter to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon urged him to call an immediate session of the Security Council and pass an additional resolution to press India to hold plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir.

On the other hand, Indian police continuing their crackdown against the leaders of the forum patronized by Syed Ali Gilani arrested three more of them from different areas of the territory. The police also detained an Imam in Kolungam area of Handwara shifting him to an undisclosed destination.

The family members and relatives of two Kashmiri youth who were recently arrested in Indian city of Bhopal held a protest demonstration at Press Colony in Srinagar demanding their immediate release.

Source: Kashmir Media Service (KMS).
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