Kashmir runs through the blood of Pakistani nation: PFUJ (Workers) President Dr. Sadia Kamal.

English , Kashmir - آزاد جموں کشمیر , Snippets , / Wednesday, January 15th, 2025

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Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR (AJK): January 15: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (Workers) Central President Dr. Sadia Kamal has said that Kashmir was the jugular vein of Pakistan and the people of Pakistan were fully well aware as how to protect their jaguar vein – since Kashmir runs through the blood of entire Pakistani nation.

Leading a 28-member delegation of the PFUJ (W) comprising Islamabad-based working journalists affiliated with national print and electronic media, Dr. Sadia Kamal was speaking, as Chief Guest, at the Kashmir Press Club in Mirpur AJK on Wednesday.

Kashmir, she continued, is unresolved internationally recognized dispute, which, she emphasized, is required to be settled according to the resolutions of the United Nations to ensure early grant of the right to self determination to the people of the Jammu and Kashmir state.

The PFUJ [Workers) President said Pakistani journalists fraternity always side with the Kashmiris just and principled struggle to achieve their globally recognized right of self-determination. ” They will continue to stronhky support Kashmiris struggle for right to self determination through the power of their intelect and pen”, she assured.

Descring Kashmir as a paradise on earth for its exceptional natural beauty, Dr. Kamal lauded Kashmiri journalists including those of Mirpur for playing their key heakthy role in the larger national interest. “We have to be more united to face the challenges through our professional skills”, she suggested

Lauding the professional talent of the local working journalists of Mirpur, Dr. Sadia Kamal expressed the hope that they will not spare a minute to play their role for the dignity of journalists.

The PFUJ (w) President said that she, besides members of her delegation felt very happy to visit Mirpur, the city of the country ‘s second largest reservoir – Mangla Dam besides over a million of UK based Kashmiri Diaspora community

Dr. Kamal congratulated newly elected office bearers of the Kashmir Press Club.

Speaking on this occasion, newly elected President of Kashmir Press Club Mirpur Syed Abid Hussain Shah, Secretary General Raja Sohrab Ahmed Khan, Ex President of the Press Club and Convener Jammu Kashmir Free Media Association Altaf Hamid Rao, President Jammu Kashmir Union Of Journalists Hafiz Maqsood, Vice President Rana Muhammad Shabbir Rajouri, Former President Sajjad Jaral, Information Secretary Raja Khalil Yusuf and Senior Journalist Zafar Mughal, senior journalists from Islamabad Kokab Sultana, Mazhar Iqbal, Abdul Razzaq Chishti reiterated their resolve to promote healthy and quality journalism in the country including Azad Jammu Kashmir harmonious to the need of modern age in true perspective. Promotion of quality and healthy journalism, on the part of the professional, working journalists is the need of hour in the greater national interests, speakers emphasized.

Earlier in his welcome address, Kashmir Press Club President Syed Abid Hussain Shah said that since journalism was an exceptionally mportant and dignified profession, famously known as pillar of the State, the working journalists need to play a vibrant role collectively to get the country rid of the challenges with prime focus to encourage and promote Pakistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir at the path of progress and prosperity in letter and spirit, he added.