WE SALUTE YOU ON YOUR 47TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY CHAUDHRY GHULAM ABBAS QUAID-E-KASHMIR; WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR SACRIFICES! : HABIB YOUSAFZAI,
THE CHAIRMAN KASHMIR DIASPORA ALLIANCE
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ASSALAM-O-ALAIKUM!
Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas Quaid-e-Kashmir (1904-1967) lived a life of great sacrifice and is definitely an individual to be revered. As such, it is wide pride that we should recognize that the inhabitants of Maqbooza Kashmir (under illegal Indian occupation since October 27, 1947) and those in Pakistan observed the 47th death anniversary of Kashmiri leader Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas on Thursday the December 18, 2014. The day was marked with paying respect and renewing of pledges to continue the mission of the Kashmiri leader until the goal of liberation of the occupied part of the Jammu Kashmir is attained. Quran Khawani was held in various parts of Maqbooza Kashmir and in Pakistan in order to send blessing on him for his sacrifices.
Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas was born in the middle class family of Chaudhry Nawab Khan on February 4, 1904 at Jammu. He graduated from the Prince of Whales College Jammu. He passed his LLB from Law College Lahore and started his career as a lawyer in Jammu. He was offered a post of Sub-Judge but he refused to serve the Dogra Raj.
He reorganized the socio-political organization Young Men’s Muslim Association, which was established earlier in 1909 and was the only platform that Muslims were using to raise their political voice in Jammu and Kashmir. This organization conducted massive demonstrations against the Dogra rule and its activities won admiration among the Muslim masses.
In order to safeguard the rights of the Muslims of the Valley another organization, the All Jammu and Kashmir Conference was established. Its president was Sheikh Abdullah while Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas was elected as its secretary general. Later the organization was renamed as National Conference. But when Sheikh Abdullah developed his association with Nehru and Congress, Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas immediately withdrew in order to have no affiliation with the National Conference. As the struggle between the Congress and the Muslim League over the partition of India had its repercussions in Kashmir and the idea of Pakistan gained ground, the National Conference lost its popularity. Consequently, the Muslim Conference was revived under the leadership of Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas. The Muslim Conference being the real representative of the Muslims of Kashmir passed a resolution unanimously to be a part of Pakistan on July 19, 1947.
When the state of Jammu and Kashmir was facing atrocities at the hands of the Dogra Raj and the Muslims majority was being subjugated, Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas rose to the occasion with great valor and devotion and dedicated his life for the liberation of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas enthusiastically campaigned for the association of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to be only with Pakistan. He reached Pakistan after the transfer of prisoners in 1948 after the ceasefire and served the Azad Kashmir government until 1951. He presented the case of Pakistan in the United Nations along with Sardar Ibrahim (also another hero of Muslims of Kashmir) when India asked UNO to resolve the issue, which ended up with the cease-fire line.
In 1951 he resigned from leadership of Azad Kashmir government and stepped down from politics. He died of stomach cancer on December 18, 1967 and was buried at Faizabad, Rawalpindi as it was his desire to be buried in the heart of Pakistan. He is survived by three sons and two daughters Tariq Abbas, Tahir Abbas, Farooq Abbas, Rahat Abbas and Wajahat Abbas.
As such, it is great pride and honour that we should hail the fact that Raja Ajaz, Kala Media Cell Muslim Conference has confirmed that special meetings were held in all parts of Azad Kashmir to pay tribute to the late leader for his remarkable services for the Kashmir freedom movement.
The Kashmir Diaspora Alliance vows to continue to spread the nature of and fulfill the dying wishes of the great and late Ch. Ghulam Abbas to free those in Maqbooza Kashmir from the clutches of the Indian government. Pakistan must stand firm as one and eradicate all those parasite which seek to weaken the state and at the same time, move forward and make concrete steps to have its rightful territory as its own once again. Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas’s sacrifices must not go in vain, and they will not. His tireless sacrifices and of his family, of which the women of his family were dishonored must not be forgotten. We must unite as one and liberate the oppressed, which are both our brothers and our countrymen. May the Lord, Allah Almighty, bless Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas and give us the strength to follow in his footsteps in the help of the oppressed. May we never forget his sacrifices.
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