AZAD KASHMIR IS CONSTITUTIONALLY A PART OF PAKISTAN: HABIB YOUSAFZAI, THE CHAIRMAN KASHMIR DIASPORA ALLIANCE
ASSALAM-O-ALAIKUM!
Indian sympathizers claim that since Kashmir is 6000 years old and Pakistan was created in 1947, therefore it cannot be a part of it. This is a naive argument to say the least. What of the princely states which are now a part of India or of Texas which was once a sovereign state, or New York, which is older than the United States of America but still one of its 50 states. There are thousands examples out there to understand where the cities were established first before and then they became part of a country. Conversely, Raja Farooq Haider Khan former Prime Minister/Chief Minister of Pakistani Azad Kashmir asserts that Azad Kashmir be also given provincial status.
THE AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR INTERIM CONSTITUTION ACT, 1974 (ACT VIII OF 1974), clause 7-2 states; No person or political party in Azad Jammu and Kashmir shall be permitted to propagate against, or take part in activities prejudicial or detrimental to, the ideology of the State’s accession to Pakistan.
In reality, Azad Kashmir is constitutionally a part of Pakistan. It is time that instead of living in an illusion Azad Kashmir should also be renamed as the sixth province of Pakistan. It is already established in constitution that it is a lawful territory of Pakistan. There is no need to go through all constitutional amendments. A presidential order is more than sufficient. Last but not the least; Pakistan must realize that it is in a ethically superior position to exert its influence, and to demand India to withdraw its forces from Maqbooza Kashmir.
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