PARIS:
Paying rich tributes to freedom fighter Burhan Wani, International Kashmir Peace Forum France (KPFF) Chairman Zahid Hashmi said that Wani was the icon of the ongoing liberation movement in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
His martyrdom has given new life to the ongoing right to self-determination movement since 2016 when he was martyred by Indian occupational troops. Every year on July 8, people of Kashmir and Pakistan across the globe and Line of Control pay glowing tributes to Wani.
Hashmi said the Indian government has tried a lot to suppress the right to self-determination struggle of Kashmiris through its military might. Even today, the Kashmiris in IIOJK are fighting for their rights, and even senior citizens and elders are not being given passports and travel documents for Haj and Umrah, he added.
The KPFF chairman said India has always maintained an oppressive regime. By abrogating Articles 370 and 35A New Delhi has snatched away the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination. The August 5, 2019 will always be remembered as a black day in the history of Jammu and Kashmir.
