Bureau Report
Rawalakot: Sardar Muhammad Irshad Khan, former Poonch district administrator and chairman of the Parliamentary Board of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, said the history, identity and freedom struggle of Jammu and Kashmir are unique and cannot be compromised.
He recalled the atrocity at Mang in Poonch, where living freedom fighters were flayed, and the martyrdom of 22 Muslims on July 13, 1931, while completing the call to prayer, calling these unforgettable chapters of Kashmir’s history.
He said the Muslim Conference adopted the Resolution for Accession to Pakistan on July 19, 1947, calling for the liberation of the entire state and its accession to Pakistan. He added that UN resolutions guarantee Kashmiris the right to self-determination and leave no room for dividing the state, and said more than 600,000 people in Indian-occupied Kashmir have died in the struggle.
Khan said efforts to weaken the Muslim Conference were aimed at undermining the state’s unity and paving the way for its division. He endorsed party president Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan’s position that any attempt to change the state’s status would face resistance from party workers. Though not currently represented in the Legislative Assembly, he said, the party remains the historical custodian of the state’s political legacy and the 1947 resolution.
He expressed confidence that the Kashmiri nation remains united and will never accept the division of Jammu and Kashmir.
