AJK Observes 30th Death Anniversary Of K.H.Khurshid

MIRPUR (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Mar, 2018 ) , Mar 11 (APP):The 30th death anniversary of eminent Kashmir freedom struggle leader and former Azad Jammu & Kashmir president Khurshid Hassan Khurshid Sunday was marked with solemnity and respect and renewal of the pledge to continue his mission to bring the Kashmir freedom movement to its logical end.

The inaugural ceremony to pay rich tributes to the departed Kashmir leader was held in a local hotel in Mirpur here at local hotel under the auspices of Jammu & Kashmir Liberation League. Central President of JKLL and retired Chief Justice of AJK High Court Justice (Ret) Abdul Majeed Mallick was the chief guest on this occasion.

District JKLL Chief, Shahid Mallick also present on the occasion. Justice (Retd), Abdul Majeed Mallick, on this occasion, emphasized upon Pakistan to immediately take up Kashmir issue in the United Nations Security Council for ensuring the settlement of the much delayed Kashmir issue without further delay.

Besides the JKLL President Justice (Retd) Abdul Majeed Mallick, President PPP (Shaheed Bhutto) AJK Chapter Ch. Munir Hussain Advocate, VP JKLL Ch. Shoukat Mahmood Advocate and others paid tributes to the departed Kashmiri leader for his long meritorious services for the Kashmir cause.

Eminent leaders of the UK based Kashmiri Diaspora including first Kashmir-origin Lord Mayor of British City of Bradford Choudhry Ajeeb, ex Chief Executive of Birmingham City Council Dr. Khursheed Ahmed, and hundreds of other dignitaries including the JKLL activists from across AJK attended the ceremony.

Addressing the ceremony, speakers including the JKLL President Justice (Retd) Abdul Majeed Mallick said that best way to pay tributes to late K.H.Khursheed was to perpetuate the ideology primarily based on the freedom and sovereignty of the people of Jammu & Kashmir through the achievement of their legitimate right to self determination acknowledged by the international community through the UN resolutions.

Justice (Retd) Majeed Mallick said that late K.H.Khurshid, also the private secretary of father of the nation Quaid-e-Azam, rendered great services for the cause of Kashmiris struggle for liberation of the motherland from the Indian yoke and for the achievement of their legitimate right to self determination.

Reiterating to continue the mission of late K.K.H. Khursheed, speakers said that India could not win the hearts of Jammu Kashmir people despite initiating various measures and taking different political summersaults to muster the sympathies of the people of Jammu & Kashmir.

They called upon both India and Pakistan to immediately move for the settlement of Kashmir issue in line with the wishes of the people of Jammu & Kashmir, major party to the dispute, in order to ensure the establishment of everlasting peace in South Asia in particularly and the world-over in general.

In Muzaffarabad major ceremony was held at his mausoleum in the state's metropolis Sunday morning where Quran Khawani was held besides a special function at central press club to pay glorious tributes to the departed Kashmiri leader.

Participants from across AJK and various parts of Pakistan visited the mazar and offered prayer for the departed soul and other martyrs of Jammu & Kashmir besides praying for the early success of Kashmir freedom struggle and for the solidarity, stability, prosperity and uplift of Pakistan.

Contingents of the JKLL leaders and workers as well as several other party activists and members of all segments of the civil society from various parts attended the concluding ceremony of the death anniversary at the mausoleum of late K.H. Khursheed and placed floral wreath and offer fateha for the departed soul. APP/ahr/maj