THERE CAN NEVER BE FRIENDSHIP; THERE CAN NEVER BE PEACE WITHOUT THE INDIAN OCCUPATION FORCES WITHDRAWAL FROM MAQBOOZA KASHMIR:
HABIB YOUSAFZAI, CHAIRMAN KASHMIR DIASPORA ALLIANCE
ASSALAM-O-ALAIKUM!
Mr. Narendra Modi will be sworn in 6:00pm Monday, May 26, 2014 as the 15 Prime Minister of India. The Prime Minister of Pakistan along with top leaders from SAARC are also invited to attend the ceremony to swear in Mr. Modi. For Pakistan’s Prime Minister to attend this ceremony is a good gesture to strengthen the overall confidence building measures between the two countries. Pakistan and India have fought over Maqbooza Kashmir [also known and designated by United Nations Security Council as Internationally Disputed Areas of Jammu Kashmir (IDA: JK)] in three wars as a result of Indian occupation over 42000 square miles and the enslavement of the people. Wars are not a solution to problems as war is in itself a problem. However, before moving forward as speaking of friendship and setting past problems aside, one must understand the situation in Kashmir, and essentially, it is very simple to understand.
During the partition, the two nation theory was used in order to divide the subcontinent. As such, Muslim majority states would go to Pakistan, whereas Hindu majority would go to India. Despite the fact that the rulers of Manawa, Junagar, and Hyderabad decided not to go with India, they were occupied none the less as the Indian state asserted that they are inhabited by a majority population of the Hindu faith, and as such, the territories belong to them. However, the Indian state has occupied Kashmir under the guise of restoring law and order at the time, and has yet to withdraw its occupation forces. This is clear hypocrisy and a double standard as India has no right in the occupation of this Muslim majority state. Further, the people on the ground also unanimously are resisting Indian occupation in order to accede to Pakistan.
These occupations were carried out by India in order to establish hegemony in the region. Similarly, the Sikh Homeland Punjab, Khalistan was also occupied while they have historically been a sovereign and distinct nation. Sikhs have been homogenized into the fold of Hinduism as the Indian rulers state the Sikhs are Hindus.
Furthermore, in order to further weaken the Pakistani state and fulfill its hegemonic ambitions it had influenced and broken East Pakistan using ethnicity as the motive and propagating the idea that Bengalis are thought of inferior and slaves of West Pakistan. By destabilizing and negatively influencing them, they were able to break apart Pakistan.
How can there be friendship between India and Pakistan? In Maqbooza Kashmir, how can the occupation and the atrocities committed by the more than 700,000 Indian forces against the Kashmiri citizens be forgotten? How can there be peace and friendship when the Indian regime and its armed forces have killed more than 202,843 citizens, made 216,035 arrests, 110,157 have disappeared, 115,815 homes demolished, leaving 122,839 widows and 207,388 orphans? At this very moment, gross and systematic violations are being committed by the Indian forces such as rape, torture, and many other human rights violations. With all this, how can there possibly be friendship? There can indeed be forgiveness, but if there is no change in the Indian states illegal and immoral stance, how can one forget?
As such, the attendance of the Pakistan Prime Minister at the inauguration ceremony of the new Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi would be nothing more than a formality if he does choose to attend. It is essential to note that war is a last option, and inherently bad; but sometimes the cost of not going to war outweighs the damage done had one gone to war. As such, war cannot be ruled out. We the people of Maqbooza Kashmir urge the Pakistani state to take all action necessary so that the people of the occupied territories can once again be free. India must immediately withdraw all of its armed and civil personnel from the occupied territories. Only then can there be forgiveness, only then will the people of Maqbooza Kashmir and Pakistan forget. Only then will there ever be a chance for friendship.
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