KP CM renews support to Kashmiris struggle for freedom

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Chief Minister Syed Arshad Hussain Shah on Sunday reiterated the resolve to extend moral, political and diplomatic support to Kashmiris in their struggle to get the right to self-determination.

In a statement issued on the eve of the Kashmir Solidarity Day being observed today, he said the provincial government expressed complete solidarity with Kashmiri people on the Kashmir Solidarity Day.

Syed Arshad Hussain Shah said the right to self-determination was the fundamental right of the people of Kashmir, and their struggle for the same could not be suppressed through oppression by the Indian government.

He added that the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa stood side by side with their Kashmiri brothers and sisters in their struggle, and would continue to do so until they got the right.

The caretaker chief minister urged the international community and the human rights organizations to take notice of the Indian government brutalities in Occupied Kashmir, and play their due role in giving Kashmiri people their inalienable right to self-determination by getting implemented the resolutions of United Nations in letter and spirit.

Syed Arshad Hussain Shah maintained that the decades-long struggle of Kashmiris for their freedom was unprecedented all over the world, and hoped that people of Kashmir would soon be able to get their right to self-determination. He condemned the unilateral decision of the Indian government of revoking the special status of Occupied Kashmir provided in the Indian Constitution followed by the lockdown imposed by the Indian army in occupied Kashmir to suppress the struggle of Kashmiris for their freedom.

He said a durable peace in the region would not be possible until this issue was resolved as per the aspirations of Kashmiri people.

The chief minister urged the world community to come forward and play a role to get the issue resolved amicably.