Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Senator Sirajul Haq demands national plan for Kashmiri liberation

Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Senator Sirajul Haq demands national plan for Kashmiri liberation

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Senator Sirajul Haq has called for preparation of a national action plan for the liberation of Indian occupied Kashmir with the consultation of all political parties and stakeholders.

“Time has approached that Islamabad take practical and bold steps for the Kashmir cause as mere lip service and speeches of the prime minister are not enough to heal the wounds of Kashmiris and get them liberate from Indian yoke,” he said while addressing a press conference at Mansoora on Thursday.

On occasion, he announced, that August 5 will be observed as “Black Day” across the country to mark one year of Indian government’s oppressive move to change the internationally recognized disputed status of Kashmir and put the valley into indefinite curfew, thus locking down 9 million Muslims permanently. A big rally will be taken out in Islamabad on the day to convey a clear message to New Delhi that it could not keep the people of Kashmir as its slave for long period, he said, adding he already forwarded a suggestion in the Senate of Pakistan for marking the day at national level. He said treasury and opposition benches and chairman senate backed his suggestion.

Senator Siraj said Modi government had turned the held valley into the largest prison, put 18,000 Kashmir youth into jails and was committing worst crimes against humanity in the area. He said international media and rights organizations had no access to the held area.

The JI chief lamented the government failed to actively pursue the case of Kashmir because of its weak foreign policy. He said the prime minister should be aware of the reality that Kashmir could not be attained only through lip service and making speeches. He said sense of alienation was growing strong among the Kashmiris due to weak policies of Islamabad.

To a question, he said the inflation and unemployment were rampant and the ruling party handed over the country to some half dozen mafias. To another question, he replied Islamabad’s was facilitating Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhev to please some foreign powers and India and playing with the sentiments of the people of Pakistan. Answering another question, he said the Jamaat-e-Islami will participate in multi-party conference proposed by the PPP with its own agenda. He said the PPP should take into confidence the opposition parties on agenda of the moot before organizing the MPC.