Islamabad, Feb 13: Urging pro-freedom leadership to forge unity, the UJC leadership on Wednesday said a unified political leadership in Kashmir with a strong resistance movement at its back was the only way to take the ongoing struggle to its logical conclusion.
UJC chief Syed Salah-u-Din Ahmed made this assertion while addressing a function at press club in Islamabad.
Held under the aegis of Jihad Council, the function was organized to pay homage to Muhammad Afzal Guru who was hanged in Tihar jail on Saturday.
Besides, UJC chief, the function was addressed by Muhammad Usman, UJC deputy chairman, Moulana Farooq Kashmiri chief of Harakat-ul-Mujahideen, Syed Toib of Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish Muhammad Commander, Ghulam Rasool Shah of Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen, Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen commander Mufti Asghar and Sheikh Jammel-u-Rehman with hundreds of activists and supporters of the militant organizations present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Salah-u-Din said, “At this very critical juncture we appeal all the pro-freedom leadership particularly Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Shabir Ahmed Shah, Muhammad Yasin Malik to adopt a joint strategy and come up with a joint course of action before the masses to achieve their cherished goal”.
Expressing his resentment against the hanging of Kashmiri youth Muhammad Afzal Guru, he said, “The execution was judicial murder and a horrendous example of state terrorism”.
“He (Afzal) did not receive a free and fair trial and even his family was not informed before the execution took place”, he said adding that rather handing over the dead body to his relatives, Indian authorities buried him in the premises of Tihar Jail.
“Extremist elements involved in Samjauta Express bombing, Surat, Mumbai and Gujarat riots were not sentenced despite having ample evidence against them,” he said.
Referring to prevailing situation in Kashmir, he said that uninterrupted curfew, killing of innocent civilians by forces, restrictions on print and electronic media and detention of Hurriyat leaders continues.
Salah-u-Din flayed Pakistani government’s silence over the issue and termed the country’s interior minister Rehaman Malik’s recent statement as highly condemnable.
Terming Pakistan as an important party to the dispute, he said that Pakistan must adopt a coherent policy on the issue keeping in view the sentiments and aspirations of the people of the region. Otherwise, he warned that the situation in the region might be different.
He said that India was hell bent on to change the demography of the country. “Jammu and Kashmir is Muslim majority state and India on the pattern of Israel is making every effort to settle non-state-subjects in the state by issuing them state subjects and permanent residence certificates”.
Earlier, the militant leaders, while reiterating their resolve to continue the armed struggle till its logical conclusion said “Jihad was the only solution to Kashmir dispute.”
 “What we saw over the recent years was that death sentences were awarded to Kashmiris and Muhammad Afzal Guru was now hanged in Tihar Jail”, they said. 
 “Pakistani ruler’s policy of befriending India and the policies like initiating cricket diplomacy and granting MFN status to India had adversely affected the resistance movement in Kashmir,” they said.
Deputy chairman of UJC Muhammad Usman said a strong resistance movement was must to resolve Kashmir dispute.
He said that the peace process and so-called Aman ki Asha were nothing but a deceit and deception.
“The people who kept harping on political settlement of Kashmir for last several years can they justify their stand now,” said Moulana Farooq the chief Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. Mufti Asghar of Jaish Muhammad paid tributes to Guru.

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