Pakistan Cannot Leave Any Stone Unturned For Kashmir’s Freedom – Shehbaz
PMLN President and National Assembly Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif has said if Pakistan lapses even a bit in leaving no stone unturned to help Kashmiris get their right to self-determination, it will forever be a burden on national conscience.
Addressing the Azad Jammu and Kashmir parliament, Shehbaz thanked the speaker, the President, the Prime Minister and the honorable members of the Parliament for inviting him to speak.
Shehbaz said by revoking the UN-recognised dispute status of the Occupied Kashmir on 5th August, murderous Modi did not just challenge the people of Kashmir or the state of Pakistan, but the entire civilised world, global conscience international organisations for human rights and peace. He said genocidal Narendra Modi ripped to shreds the commitment of the UN Security Council, its resolutions, International Law and even the word of its own founding leader Jawahar Laal Nehru who all promised to give Kashmiris their birthright of self-determination through an independent and transparent plebiscite in occupied Kashmir.
He said Occupied Kashmir was never at ease even with the article 370 in place and the people of the valley were under the cruel oppression of the Indian forces, but after the 5th of August, New Delhi unleashed even more atrocious tyranny on the occupied valley with its crushing curfew, commutation blackout, mass incarcerations and grotesque and blatant human rights abuses, that continue to this day. But Shehbaz said the time for pondering is over, Pakistan will need to play a comprehensive and divisive role for the rights of Kashmir through an aggressive diplomatic campaign that would apprise the world of the brutalities and atrocities being committed by India in Kashmir under its forces occupation of people who want freedom from New Delhi’s genocidal claws.
Shehbaz said adding Occupied Kashmir to Pakistan’s map is correct but it will need concrete steps to bring that map to life. The PMLN President said he doesn’t mean to say that Pakistan should trigger a nuclear war over this. He said Pakistan’s atomic power is the guarantee of stability in the region. He paid tribute the PPP Founder Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto for starting the programme and PMLN Quaid Nawaz Sharif for completing it with 6 tests reciprocating to India’s 5 despite immense global pressure and offers. But Shehbaz said the region’s peace stability cannot be guaranteed unless the people of Kashmir get their right to self-determination.
The National Assembly Opposition Leader said if Pakistan holds back even a sliver in leaving no stone unturned for the freedom and right to self-determination of Kashmiris, that burden will forever tear down throughout the conscience of the nation. Shehbaz reminded how Germany and Japan build themselves back after defeat in world war II, how the wall of Berlin came crashing down, all because of persistence, relentless efforts and unequivocal commitment. That, he said, is what is going to bring that day when Kashmiris will be free from the despotic Indian Occupation and the dream of Kashmiris to be a part of Pakistan will be realised.
For this, Shehbaz said, it will take, unity, immaculate strategy and implementation for which the opposition is willing to cooperate despite its grave differences with the government of Pakistan. But he said that will only be possible when Pakistan becomes economically independent because in the modern world tools of war have changed and economic sovereignty is the biggest power that enables fulfilment of all agendas.
The PMLN President paid rich tribute to Syed Ali Gillani, Yasir Malik, Mirwaiz Omer Farooq, Asia Andraabi and all leaders of the freedom struggle and said the sacrifices of the martyrs and persecuted people of Kashmir will not go in vain.
He pledged unconditional support in every way imaginable for the Kashmir cause and said PMLN and the entire nation stands with their Kashmiri brethren till the dawn of their freedom.
