KASHMIR’S
FATE WAS ALREADY DECIDED SIX DECADES AGO UNDER THE BANNER OF THE MUSLIM
CONFERENCE VOTE:
HABIB YOUSAFZAI, KASHMIR DIASPORA ALLIANCE
ASSALAM-O-ALAIKUM!
Due to the
volume of comments and questions directed at me publicly and privately I am
unable to provide answers to all those with specific queries. I would like to
clarify that I have only one account which is under my own name, Habib
Yousafzai. However, I do write for and represent a nongovernmental organization
entitled The Kashmir Diaspora Alliance. I am not amongst those who are
unconcerned for the Kashmiri cause and I do not have time to make fake accounts
to “propagate information.” I do not need to create multiple accounts in order
to spam others with information based on quantity. I will let the facts speak
for themselves and put forward quality.
It is also
important to realize that many individuals are amongst those who have extremely
pessimistic and negative attitudes. Although they claim to both represent and
help the Kashmiri cause, in truth, they cannot even help themselves and are a
severe detriment to the emancipation of Maqbooza Kashmir. We must face the
facts and realize at the time of partition, over six decades ago, the Kashmiri
people already chose their fate when they decided under the banner of the
Muslim Conference to accede to Pakistan. Taking into account that plebiscite is
definitely a tool for the freedom of Maqbooza Kashmir now, we must also realize
that it was an occupying power vis a vis the Indian government who originally
asserted it take place through a UN resolution. Despite having a resolution
created, it now serves as the fundamental impediment to the same illegitimate
resolution it created in order to legitimate their occupation. Despite what
nationalists of Azad Kashmir have been claiming, Kashmiris flocked in the
millions to Pakistan during Hari Singh’s reign of terror in order to be free of
persecution. Today, 30 million Kashmiris live in Pakistan. This fact alone
coincides with the territories original accession through the Muslim Conference
vote mentioned earlier. Although in Maqbooza Kashmir there are 12 million
Kashmiris, we are living in a constant state of oppression and fear at the
hands of the occupier.
Maqbooza
Kashmir seeks to take its rightful place as a part of the Pakistani state. Our
interests are vehemently opposed to the overwhelming minority of Azad Kashmir
nationalists who despite only having 4200 square miles which was liberated by
the Pakistani state would like to make their own “sovereign state” based on
secularism. However, the fact remains that it is not in Maqbooza Kashmir’s
interests, nor would does it encapsulate its legitimate concerns to accede to
Pakistan on the basis of secularism. We are being oppressed by the Indian
government due to our religious beliefs and affiliation. As such, our claim for
our rightful accession to Pakistan is based on religion as per the original two
nation theory which divided the Indian subcontinent.
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