‘Resolution of Kashmir vital to peace in S.Asia’

In occupied Kashmir, illegally detained APHC leader and the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM), Zafar Akbar Butt, has urged India to settle the Kashmir dispute for establishing permanent peace and stability in the South Asian region.

Zaffar Akbar Butt expressed these views while talking to a delegation of the JKSM that visited Kot Bhalwal Jail Jammu to meet the party Chairman and other detainees. The JKSM Chairman said that the longstanding dispute could be resolved through tripartite talks including Pakistan, India and the real Kashmiri leadership.

He said that unlawful detentions and use of force by the occupation authorities could not suppress Kashmiris’ resolve to get freedom from illegal Indian occupation of the territory. “India is using brute tactics to suppress the ongoing liberation struggle but it will not succeed in its nefarious designs,” he added.

Meanwhile, the members of the delegation expressed serious concern over plight of the detainees. “The detainees are not being provided with sufficient medical and food facilities due to which they have developed various ailments in the jail,” they maintained. They said that the jail authorities were subjecting the relatives of detained Kashmiris to maltreatment.

(JKSM) has strongly condemned the continued illegal detention of Hurriyet leaders and activists.

(JKSM) has strongly condemned the continued illegal detention of Hurriyet leaders and activists.

The Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM), a constituent of the All parties Hurriyet Conference, has strongly condemned the continued illegal detention of Hurriyet leaders and activists.

The spokesman of JKSM in a statement issued in Srinagar denounced the unlawful detention of a Kashmiri girl, Suraya and the wife of his brother, Mobeena, in Tral by the police. “The police are using unbridled powers to harass the families of pro-freedom leaders and activists,” he added.

He flayed the occupation forces for conducting raids on party leader, Sabzar Ahmad Dar’s house and shifting of a party activist after arrest to Kathua Jail. The spokesman demanded an immediate release of illegally detained party leader, Muzaffar Shakoor.

Expressing concern over deteriorating health of the detainees in different jails due to non-provision of sufficient medical facilities and hygienic food, he said that the party Chairman, Zaffar Akbar Butt, was languishing in Kot Bhalwal jail for the last eight months. He appealed the world human rights organizations to impress upon India to release the detainees. »