PM Imran pays tribute to Kashmiris – Daily Notable
By Our Correspondent
Islamabad
According to the sources of Daily Notable, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday paid tribute to Kashmiris on Youm-e-Shuhada-e-Kashmir (Kashmir Martyrs Day) for their “valiant fight and defiance against a Hindutva supremacist regime”.
In a tweet, PM Imran Khan referred to the 22 Kashmiris who were martyred 89 years ago during a protest against the autocratic rule of a Hindu Maharaja in the Muslim majority state as the “forefathers of today’s Kashmiri resistance”.
Today, on Yaum-e-Shuhada-e-Kashmir, we salute Kashmiris for their continued struggle against the illegal & barbaric Indian occupation of Jammu & Kashmir. The Shuhada of 13 July 1931 were the forefathers of today's Kashmiri resistance.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) July 13, 2020
“Their descendants have, generation after generation, laid down their lives for freedom and today they continue to valiantly fight & defy a Hindutva Supremacist regime bent on demographic engineering to wipe out the Kashmiri people & their identity,” Khan tweeted.
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He said Pakistan had always stood with the Kashmiris in their struggle for self-determination and would continue to stand with them in their “just struggle” till the Indian-occupied valley is free from illegal occupation, adding that the day was “not far”.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, while paying tribute to the martyrs said that their courage had “re galvanized a decades-old struggle for self-determination in 1931”, which he said was an “inalienable right Kashmiris continue to die for to this day”.
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He added that no occupation could “subjugate [the brave] spirit of Kashmir”.
In a statement, he said that there had been ups and downs in the Kashmiris “exemplary struggle” from 1931 to 2020 but it had not “dampened their spirits”. He said that India had brought in new laws and had used every type of tactic. India had even tried to “buy out” the Kashmiri leadership, Qureshi said, but it had failed.
I pay tribute to 22 sons of J&K whose courage in face of brutal Dogra forces regalvanized a decades old struggle for self-determination in 1931; an inalienable right Kashmiris continue to die for to this day. No occupation can subjugate spirit of brave Kashmir #KashmirMartyrsDay
— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) July 13, 2020
He assured the people of the valley that despite facing “problems and pain”, they were not alone. “Today, every child in Pakistan and all the political and defense leadership is standing with you in your struggle for self-determination and will continue standing with you until it is achieved.”
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He added that the premier had raised the issue of Kashmir on every international forum, saying that he realized that “some of Pakistan’s allies could not raise their voices [on Kashmir] because of their economic conditions”.
“The world community remained silent when thousands of people were killed in Serbia. Will it repeat the same mistake in occupied Kashmir?” he questioned, adding that the world must learn from the massacre.
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The foreign minister said that India was being “exposed” in front of the world as shown by the recent clash between India and China in Ladakh.
He urged the entire Muslim ummah to become the voice of the people in occupied Kashmir and to use social media to make their voices heard “even in parts of the world that have gone deaf”.
Inter-services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, in a tweet, said Kashmir Martyrs Day was “reminiscent of the utmost price paid for freedom by brave Kashmiris”.
#KashmirMartyrsDay is reminiscent of utmost price paid 4 freedom by brave Kashmiris. Every single drop of blood shed, shall not be forgotten nor forgiven. Decades of Indian atrocities failed 2 suppress insurmountable spirit & legitimate freedom struggle, destined to succeed, IA
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) July 12, 2020
He said “decades of Indian atrocities failed to suppress insurmountable spirit & legitimate freedom struggle” of the Kashmiris, which was “destined to succeed”.
PML-N chief and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif said the 22 martyred Kashmiris in 1931 had “written a history of bravery”.
22 Kashmiri youth took on despotic Dogra Raj in 1931 & wrote a history of bravery. Despite intensification of violence
post-August 5 by India, Kashmiris of all ages & across genders are
challenging Modi’s fascism today with their blood. They are hope of future! #KashmirMartyrsDay— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) July 13, 2020
“Despite the intensification of violence post-August 5 by India, Kashmiris of all ages & across genders are challenging Modi’s fascism today with their blood. They are the hope of the future!” he tweeted.