MUZAFFARABAD:
While welcoming the statements of US Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden on restoring the rights of Kashmiris, Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan said that Biden’s remarks are proof that the global community has refused to buy into the Indian narrative on the occupied territories. Cashmere.
Biden called on New Delhi to take all necessary measures to restore the rights of all residents of Kashmir and asserted that restrictions on dissent, such as banning peaceful protests or shutting down or slowing down the internet, weaken democracy.
The former US Vice President also expressed disappointment over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in different states of India.
“We welcome the remarks of the leader of the US Democratic Party and urge Indian and Muslim Americans to collectively applaud Joe Biden’s political statement, because no one wants India to be ruled by theocratic fascists. The fundamental rights and freedoms of Kashmiris, particularly their right to self-determination, must be restored. It is a fair demand,” President Masood said in Muzaffarabad on Sunday.
Earlier addressing a ceremony organized in connection with disbursement of cash grant to Indian shelling victims living along the Line of Control (LoC), the AJK President said the assistance provided by the federal government to 610,000 members of 80,000 families was recognition. of their sacrifices as well as recognition of the responsibilities assumed by the state government.
“Azad Kashmir is not only a strong defense line of Pakistan, but the people living close to the LoC and facing direct aggression from India are the defenders of the motherland,” he said. he added.
While commenting on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s announcement to include over 100,000 people affected by Indian firing on the LoC in the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Scheme and issue health cards to 1.2 million of people of Azad Kashmir, he said that the people of occupied areas and Kashmir liberated territories want to be part of Pakistan not because of their geographical location but on the basis of their faith and their ideology.
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AJK President said India’s ruling party BJP and RSS planned to eliminate Kashmiri people, occupy their lands, reduce number of Muslims in occupied Kashmir assembly and transform the entire state into a colony of India, but the inhabitants of the liberated and occupied areas of Kashmir would put up fierce resistance.
He went on to say that it is high time that the government and people of Pakistan as well as the valiant people of Azad Kashmir adopt an aggressive policy to counter India as “India is constantly threatening to attack Pakistan , Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan”. “.
“Instead of saying we will defend Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, we should also talk about the liberation of Khalistan, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Mizoram, and tell the world that India is no longer a secular state but has become a fascist state,” he added.
President Masood also said that India’s anti-Muslim measures have awakened Muslims across the world and a wave for the revival of Islam has arisen across the entire Muslim world. “It is now clear that whether it is Kashmir or Palestine, Muslims are ready to safeguard their interests.”
Referring to Azad Kashmir, he said the liberated territory can become an economic engine for Pakistan. At present, he maintained, 2,000 megawatts of electricity are produced in Azad Kashmir while the territory has a production potential of another 8,000 megawatts “although our own demand is between 300 and 400 megawatts and that the surplus electricity is injected into the national network.
Once Kohala, Gulpur, Azad Pattan, Dudhnial and many other projects are completed in the coming decade, Azad Kashmir will become the largest power producing region of Pakistan.
President Masood said that Azad Kashmir is not only strategically important for the defense of Pakistan but can also play an important role in the economic development of the country. “That is why we say Pakistan is incomplete without Kashmir and Kashmir has no identity without Pakistan.”