PM did nothing except speech for Kashmiris: Siraj

ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Senator Sirajul Haq Sunday said Prime Minister Imran Khan did nothing for Kashmiris except a speech and asked him to quit if he could not give an action plan for freedom of Kashmir.

The JI top leader alleged that weak stance of Pakistan government on Kashmir encouraged India to take the August 5 action. "We will take the rulers to task if it is proven that they have reached a bargain or compromise on Kashmir," he said while addressing a massive rally at Jinnah Avenue in the federal capital to express solidarity with the Kashmiris languishing under curfew in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) for the last 140 days.

"The Kashmir March is a message for our brothers and sisters in IOK that they have not been left alone in the difficult time," Sirajul Haq, who led the march, said.

Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), JI AJK Ameer Dr Khalid Mahmood, central leaders Liaquat Baloch, Mian Muhammad Aslam, MNA Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali and Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan also addressed the rally which was participated by a large number of men, women and children. Carrying banners and flags of JI Kashmir, they raised slogans in support of Kashmiris and against India’s occupation of IOK. Condemning change of status of IOK by the Indian government, Sirajul Haq demanded the Pakistan government to sever diplomatic bilateral relations with India. He also reiterated demands of establishing Kashmir desk at the Foreign Office and ban on India for using Pakistan’s air space. He mentioned that incident of August 05 did not happen overnight rather Indian leaders have been raising slogans of socalled Greater India for years, but he regretted that the rulers in Pakistan kept sleeping. AJK President Sardar Masood maintained that Kashmir issue could not be put behind the scene as 220 million Pakistanis would not allow any bargain on the issue. He observed that the Kashmir March is reminder for the government to fulfil its responsibility with regard to Kashmir. The AJK president praised role of JI in highlighting Kashmir issue and fulfilling its moral, political and religious obligations in this regard. Ex-JI AJK ameer Abdul Rasheed Turabi presented a resolution demanding the international community, particularly the United Nations and Muslim Ummah, to play their role in getting right to selfdetermination to Kashmiris.