 Washington, MTT News Desk: The Executive Director of Kashmir Center Washington, Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, has said that the Kashmir dispute should be resolved in accordance with the Kashmiris' aspirations by implementing the relevant UN resolutions.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai addressing a function organized by the Kashmir Center in Springfield, Virginia, said that the UN resolutions had emphasised that the future of Jammu and Kashmir must be ascertained in accordance with the wishes and the will of the Kashmiri people.
He maintained that the US President, Barack Obama, French President, Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister, David Cameron wrote an Op-Ed in International Herald Tribune on April 15, 2011, wherein they mentioned that they would support a solution to the crisis in Libya that respected the Will of the Libyan people.
Dr Fai said that the Will of the people must prevail in all international situations including Jammu and Kashmir.
Dr Fai pointed out that the Indian military and paramilitary forces in Kashmir were using brute force to crush the genuine and legitimate struggle the people of Kashmir for securing their right to self-determination.
He emphasized that even the US State Department's recently released Country Report on Human Rights said that "Estimates of the number of missing persons varied. Human rights organizations stated there were 8,000 to 10,000 people missing in custody in Jammu and Kashmir."
He hoped that the world powers would use their influence to persuade India and Pakistan to initiate a peace process involving the UN and the people of Jammu and Kashmir to bring about a just resolution of the lingering dispute.
Lieutenant General Agha Muhammad Umer Farooq, President National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad, who was the chief guest on the occasion, praised the people of occupied Kashmir for keeping the freedom movement alive despite heavy odds and suppression by hundreds of thousands of Indian armed forces.
"The Indian army is responsible for many untold atrocities but one thing is quite clear that it could not break the will of the people for their right of self-determination," he said.
The NDU President stated that freedom struggle had gone through various phases but the people of Kashmir never accepted Indian rule in the territory. He also admired the Pakistanis and Kashmiris living in the US for highlighting the issue of Kashmir at the international level.
Dr Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, Dean, Faculty of Arts, NDU and a scholar of international repute, said that Kashmir was one of the oldest disputes on the records of the United Nations.
"It was expected by many that it would loose its intensity over the years. This indeed has been proven wrong. On the contrary the recent developments inside Kashmir once again reinforced the notions that the Kashmiri peoples' devotion towards the realization of their right to self-determination was still as strong as it was in the beginning of the struggle," he said.
He pointed out that New Delhi had miserably failed to suppress the sentiments of the Kashmiri people.
Back in Srinagar, the Tajikistan's ambassador to India, Saidov Saidbeg Boykhonovich, has said that his country shares strong bond with Kashmir over the centuries.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Saidov Saidbeg Boykhonovich talking to the newsmen in Srinagar on the sidelines of a religious conference, said, Kashmiris are their brethren.
"Kashmiris have been awakened and educated by Mir Syed Ali Hamdani (RA). His preaching improved the education, culture and religion here," he added.
Earlier, the envoy during his address at the conference used Persian poetry to point out the long relationship between Tajikis and Kashmiris. Thousands of people from different parts of the Valley and religious scholars from across the globe participated in the daylong conference. |
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