APHC calls for shutdown on 26 January

TKS News Desk

Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has called for a complete shutdown on January 26, appealed people to observe the Republic Day of India as a Black Day.

Chairman All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the other Hurriyet leader urged the international community to come forward and use its influence for resolving the long-pending Kashmir issue.

“Till this issue is not resolved as per the wishes and aspirations of people of Jammu Kashmir, a lasting peace in South Asia would remain a distant dream,” said Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.

Terming Kashmir a nuclear flashpoint that could lead to unthinkable destruction of the entire region, the Mirwaiz said an unresolved Kashmir issue could anytime push the two nuclear neighbours towards a nuclear showdown.

Stressing upon understanding the seriousness of this issue Mirwaiz said, besides the international community it was also the responsibility of the leadership of India and Pakistan to involve the people of Kashmir in a meaningful dialogue process to find an agreeable and durable solution of this issue so that the dangers hovering over the region could be ended.

He urged the international community to take serious note of these human rights violations and use its influence on New Delhi to stop committing atrocities on Kashmiris.

Meanwhile, a delegation of the APHC comprising of senior APHC leaders Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, Jaffar Kashmiri, Gulzar Ahmad, Showkat Ahmad and Ghulam Ahmad Mir visited the Nayan Batapora, Pulwama residence of martyred youth Parvez Ahmad Guru and expressed sympathy with his bereaved family.

Chairperson Dukhtaran –e- millat Syedah Aasiyeh Andrabi has also asked the people to observe black day on 26th January.

She appealed people to organise exemplary protests in the day to show the world that for people in Kashmir India is an occupier that has enslaved us for the past 7 decades.

“This is a black day for the Muslims and other minorities all over India also as their rights have been snatched as well,” she added.

She appealed Muslim parents of Jammu Kashmir to express religious pride and honour and desist from sending children to participate in these functions and to remain away themselves as well.

“Every kashmiri child is well aware about the draconian face of India,” she added.