Solidarity by all Minorities Forum of Pakistan
- On Kashmir Solidarity Day, February 5, 2021, Kashmir Institute of International Relations along
with The Logos, organised a seminar at Lok Virsa Museum, including the speakers and
participants from all Minorities Forum of Pakistan.
Altaf Hussain Wani was invited on stage to pay his welcome remarks. He formally began with thanking The Logos and other honorable organizations for providing their full assistance to make this event happen. He enthusiastically claimed his absolute support for the people of Indian occupied Kashmir on this day of Kashmir solidarity. He declared his condemnation towards Indian government’s horrendous and dismayed policies regarding the innocent masses of IOK. He threw light upon the untruthfulness of Indian government who have definitely left no stone unturned to deceive the people of Indian occupied Kashmir. He said that in spite of acknowledging and respecting their diverse religion, we still do have our high end concerns of what Indian religious extremist BJP government is doing to our people in IOK since the last 73 years. He further gave reference to Quaid’s quote which depicted that Pakistan is made to be multiethnic, multilingual and facilitating diverse religions without any kind of extremism, thus we all need to be united and stand firmly to support our people in IOK. He also declared that muslims, as a national majority in Pakistan, should make sure to fulfil the rights of minorities. Furthermore he gave a message to our youth to hold their pens for spreading the awareness about the horrible motives of Indian government regarding IOK so we could be successful in making Kashmir free of Indian occupation. As he referred to Quaid-e-Azam Muhamad Ali Jinah, who, without any bloodshed, was able to establish a free nation for us with the help of an educative, legal and disciplined movement. He expressed the purpose of accumulating all the people under one forum on this day, that is to feel the pain of Kasmiri mothers, children and sisters, who are deprived of moving freely in their region. He explained the plight of kashmiris who become the victims of pellet guns, whenever they are outside, working or playing. He expressed how indian government had abolished the right of education, movement and opinion for a kashmiri child, who could not even afford to talk openly about their dreams and future, more than that, the child is deprived of the most basic right, that is right to self determination. He described the ironical behaviour of the international community who surely pretends to be deaf to the atrocities of Indian government. He also thanked and requested the Sikh, christians and other minorities groups, to stand for the people of Indian occupied Kashmir for humanity and expose the maligned acts of Indian government, who is already defaming the Kashmir movement in the world. He concluded by saying that we should stand united as a public and play our own roles in managing public diplomacy across the world.
Qazi Arbab welcomed all the honorable guests and participants. He acknowledged the hard work of the organizers who successfully brought up this seminar on such a large scale. He further appreciated the participants who got together to spread the awareness and knowledge regarding the Kashmir Solidarity day. He basically addressed the public and government. He gave a message to the public that they are already playing their part in the uprising of the Kashmiri movement but the government has failed to achieve the basic milestone yet. He said that on this eve, we want to declare our support for the sufferers of Indian occupied Kashmir, who are victims of such terrible and barbaric behaviour of Indian troops since the last seven decades. He lastly appealed to the international community and the stakeholders to take action against Indian government.
Syed Mohammad Rameez, Chairperson Silver Lines, congratulated the organizers on the arrangement of such an excellent seminar. He admired the speakers and participants belonging to diverse religions and ethnicities, sitting under one banner to support the Kashmir cause on the Kashmir Solidarity Day. He expressed the sorrowful plight of Kashmiris and he urged all to feel their pain so they could take action to oppose and condemn the Indian state policies against Kashmiri people in Indian occupied kashmir. As a nation, he appreciated the Pakistani public and government, who always stood firmly for the rights of Kashmiris.
Advocate Parvez Ahmed Shah, General Secretary All Pak Hurriyat Conference, thanked KIIR and Logos for inviting him to speak on the topic which is very close to his heart. He then thanked all the organizations, whether government or non-government, for celebrating the Kashmir solidarity day. He explained briefly about the historical background of Kashmir and its relevance to Kashmir solidarity day. He further referred to a few cases in which Kashmiris of Indian Occupied Kashmir blindly follow the Pakistani government and public, which shows strong affiliation of Kashmiris towards pakistanis. Moreover, he explained the significance of Kashmir for Pakistan by quoting Quaid-e-Azam, “Kashmir is the jugular vein of Pakistan”. He also threw light upon the fact that during this COVID-19 crisis, there is one doctor and one ventilator appointed to check upon 69000 people in Indian occupied Kashmir. He retrieved that Kashmir is one of the most militarized zones in the world. He encouraged the government of Pakistan for its relentless efforts to highlight the Kashmir issue as a global issue and to expose India as an extremist fascist government on a global level. He urged the government to highlight the serious challenges faced by the Kashmiris in IOK, such as ethnic cleansing, draconian lawlessness and human rights violations. He said that we need to highlight the international reports regarding Kashmir and condemnation of Indian fascist government, to expose the right image of India across the globe. He lastly talked about the urgency of the right of self determination of Kashmiris, which need to be ensured by the International community.
Baba Pratabh Singh recognized the full worth of being Pakistani. He induced those efforts of his elders, who decided to remain in Pakistan instead of migrating to India. He said that despite religious differences, they never felt left out in Pakistan due to cultural harmony and integration in Pakistan. He further said that the land of Pakistan matters a lot to these sikh bradaran as this is a respectable place for them. Moreover, he retrieved that pakistani land constitutes almost 80% of the sikh heritage. He said that this land is worthy for them because it is the land where sikh religion was basically originated, so sikh community adore and acknowledge Pakistani government for providing much comfort to their minorities as compared to India. That’s why, Sikh community is ready to pay back to Pakistani government by supporting the Kashmir cause.
Abdul Hameed Lone applauded all the organizations, whether national or international, who are celebrating the Kashmir Solidarity Day, along with Kashmiris. He condemned the international community as they have failed to fulfil the promises, committed by the United Nations in 1949, which refers to the decision of plebiscite or referendum to be done in Indian occupied Kashmir. He wanted to rectify that the UN should play its role as it is high time to take a final decision in IOK due to the intense and immense brutality of more than 1 million Indian troops who are persistently humiliating the human rights of kashmiris. He entailed the dreadful facts about intense economic downfall, sexual violence, illegal detensions, fake encounters, education lockdown, lack of health facilities and complete internet blockade in Indian occupied Kashmir since August 5, 2019, after the revocation of article 370 of Indian constitution by Indian government. He recounted the dangers, which could be caused by the war between two nuclear states in the region, thus he requested the global powers to mediate between Pakistan and India to bring peace in the region. Lastly, he thanked and appreciated the government of Pakistan, who always plays a supportive role to recognize the rights of Kashmiris.
Dr. Mujahid Geelani appreciated the efforts of all Minorities Forum, for uniting under one banner to endorse the Kashmir cause. He declared this togetherness of all colours of Pakistan under one roof is an enormous slap on the face of India, whose extremist government believes in extermination of minorities in the so-called secular Republic of India. He condemned the totalitarian government of India for committing heinous crimes against innocent Kashmiris in Indian occupied Kashmir. He, as a native kashmiri, has seen horrendous acts of indian troops who are determined to extort kashmiris through every means. He, as a doctor, played his role, by treating patients during covid, regardless of their ethnicity, religion or caste, which showed that kashmiri muslims are much more tolerant and peaceful as compared to these barbaric Indians. He explained how Kashmiris are striving for their rights in IOK, how leaders like Asiya Andrabi have been detained since decades, as they wanted to join Pakistan, as they wanted to be free. He emphasized on the point that the kashmiris want to integrate with Pakistanis, as they commonly share the culture, religion, language and what not, so every Pakistani should remember the sacrifices of their kashmiri brothers.
Miss Maria stated that 5th February, the Kashmir solidarity day has been celebrated on every possible level in Pakistan to recall the Kashmiri struggle in Indian occupied Kashmir since the last seven decades, it is celebrated to show our kashmiri brothers that we are standing side by side with them, morally, physically, socially and financially. She threw light upon the sexual, physical and gender based violence on kashmiris by Indian troops. She condemned the lawless laws of indian constitution which do not hold these accused criminals accountable for their crimes. She explained the helplessness of kashmiri girls who could not even think to go to their schools or colleges as they face immense torture and humiliation. She requested the national and international institutions to take action for Kashmiris, in these horrific times.
M. Shahzad Khan stated that if the United Nations and other International organizations want peace in the South Asian region, they have to resolve the Kashmir issue, as it holds immense strategic value in international and national dilemma. He urged the global powers to play their role as mediators between India and Pakistan, so they could convince India to hold multilateral talks with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. He emphasized the point that Indian government has been posing serious threats being an irresponsible extremist nuclear state and it had been already exposed as a threat to interfaith harmony, so the world should take profound steps to counter Indian horrendous acts regarding kashmir.
Arshad Khan Tanoli, Muzaffarabad Tigers, suggested that the time to protest is over, though it is important, but we need to categorize the differences between free kashmiris in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and captive kashmiris in Indian occupied kashmir, and aware them to our international community so they could take foremost actions to free indian occupied kashmir as well. He suggested that we need to work on educational, health, tourism and economic sectors in AJK so the world could get to know the marginalized factors between IOK and AJK.
MPA Gulshan Muzeer congratulated Altaf Hussain Wani and William Brothers for organizing such a terrific seminar at Lok Virsa on the occasion of the Kashmir Solidarity Day. He appreciated and acknowledged the relentless efforts of the government of Pakistan which is supporting the Kashmir cause, morally, politically and diplomatically. He recalled the speech given by Prime Minister Imran Khan on the forum of the United Nations and applauded his efforts. He showed his absolute solidarity with Kashmiri brothers. He appealed to the United Nations to take immediate actions against Indian government as after 5th August, 2019, Indian government had illegally and unilaterally scrapped and abolished the right of identity of Kashmiris.
Waseem William thanked Chairman KIIR Altaf Hussain Wani for facilitating and coordinating with Wilson brothers. He gave all credits to Mr. Wani on the behalf of minorities, for this seminar happening at Lok virsa on this auspicious day. He declared the utmost support of minorities in fighting the kashmir case on every forum with the help of such institutions who always stand beside them. Finally he paid thanks to each and every organization for collaborating with them, to make this event happen on such a large scale.
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