MIRPUR: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan Tuesday called upon the United Nations (UN) to intercede in the matter pertaining to move by India to change the demography of Kashmir, under the guise of the repeal of Article 35-A.
The president said that the Indian conspiracy to repeal the article was a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and additional protocol-I.
He further said that Kashmiris living on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) are united to frustrate Indian conspiracy to abrogate Article 35-A of its constitution.
Lambasting India on her nefarious planned move to abolish Article 35-A, the AJK president said that the nefarious Indian move is clearly aimed at further scuttling the minimum privileges that Kashmiris have under the Indian constitution.
“India employed such tactics in the past but failed, and this time too, Kashmiris will thwart its nefarious designs,” President Masood emphasised. He said that any move to tinker with Article 35-A is a step to undermine the Kashmiri peoples struggle for their right to self-determination and bury the Kashmir dispute under the weight of oppression and machinations.
Masood, while fully supporting the stance taken by the Joint Resistance Movement, legal and business fraternity and civil society of Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK), said that large-scale protests across the occupied territory reflect and demonstrates the will of the Kashmiris against the petition seeking repeal of the article.
Condemning Indian forces’ high handedness and repression against the people in occupied Kashmir in the wake of the protest against New Delhi’s move, the president said that the people and government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir fully endorse the position taken by Joint Resistance Movement.
The unprecedented protests in the Chenab Valley, Jammu, Ladakh and Kargil against Indian attempts send a clear and strong message that all Kashmiris will never compromise on their separate identity.