FIGHTING ON THE LOC IS NOT THE SOLUTION: ADMINISTERING A LONG OVERDUE PLEBISCITE IS: HABIB YOUSAFZAI, CHAIRMAN OF THE KASHMIR DIASPORA ALLIANCE
ASSALAM-O-ALAIKUM!
The debate on Kashmir has already been decided. Its inhabitants already gave their verdict to join the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in July 1947 under the banner of ‘Muslim Conference’ prior to its creation under the basis that it is a Muslim majority state. Since its independence, the Indian state is stressing the policy of Akhand Bharat against the wishes and aspirations of the Sikhs and other minorities. It is no surprise that this discrimination stems from decades ago when just as Kashmir was forcefully occupied by India [also known as Maqbooza Kashmir or Internationally Disputed Areas of Jammu Kashmir (IDA:JK) as designated by the UN], the Sikh state of Punjab, Khalistan was also merged in to India under the pretext that Sikhs were also Hindus. The Indian government did not stop there; it also occupied Muslim states of Junagarah, Manawader, and Hyderabad illegally. Despite their repeated claims, Sikhs have been forcefully merged under the banner of Hinduism. Sikhs cannot even be married without being considered as Hindus. This is a denial of their fundamental human rights.
The fact of the matter remains that Hindus never ruled India as a collective body; it was actually Muslims which united the Indian sub-continent and ruled it for hundreds of years. Unfortunately, despite the sacrifices of others, the Indian state feels as though India is only for Hindus and that the people of other religions should convert to Hinduism, and yet, allows for no claims to be made for their own sovereign state. UN and other Human Rights organization indicate that more than 270,000 Sikhs, 200,000 Muslim Kashmiris, and 500,000 Muslims all over India have been mercilessly murdered. Please read the report:“ETHNIC CLEANSING IN AHMEDABAD A PRELIMINARY REPORT”http://www.c3.hu/~bocs/
Most recently, the Indian government, rather than coming to the table for peace through a plebiscite has chosen to continue its illegal occupation opting into fighting on the line of control in Kashmir in order to hold onto its illegal claims. The suffering and death of innocent civilians must end. Rather than violating temporary agreements, as Pakistan has asserted for years now, a plebiscite must be administered immediately so the will of the people can be determined.
Bilawal takes on Modi
Says, Pak can retaliate unlike his victims from Gujarat
Islamabad, Oct 8: Days after he vowed that Pakistan will take back entire Kashmir, the country's 'Gen Next' politician Bilawal Bhutto Zardari today attacked Prime Minister NarendraModi, saying Pakistan can retaliate "unlike his victims from Gujarat". Accusing India of adopting "Israel model" against Pakistan, the 26-year-old scion of the Bhutto family said on Twitter, "Another attack on LOC. seems India adopting Israel model vs Pakistan. Modi must realize we can retaliate unlike his victims from Gujarat."He said this amid escalating tension between the two countries after ceasefire violations and heavy mortar shelling along the Line of Control that has claimed at least 12 lives on both sides. Bilawal's comments came days after he had said that his Pakistan People's Party (PPP) would get back entire Kashmir from India. "I will take back Kashmir, all of it, and I will not leave behind a single inch of it because, like the other provinces, it belongs to Pakistan," he had said, addressing the party workers in Multan region in Punjab on September 19.Bilawal, who has announced plans to contest next general elections in 2018, heads the secular Pakistan People's Party which officially wants good ties with India. His mother, former slain premier Benazir Bhutto, was twice elected as prime minister while his maternal grandfather Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who founded the PPP in 1967, also served as prime minister in 1970s.
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