Kashmiris commemorate 94th Kashmir Martyrs Day with full respect, honour, renewed resolve:

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Altaf Hamid Rao.
Martyrs Day:

Kashmiris commemorate 94th  Kashmir Martyrs Day with full respect, honour, renewed resolve:

MIRPUR (AJK) July 13: Mammoth congregations  on Saturday paid glorious tributes to the martyrs of Jammu & Kashmir state including 22 valiant sons of the soil for laying down the supreme sacrifices of their precious lives 93 years ago this day (July 13) in 1931 in front of Central Jail Srinagar raising mutiny by laying the foundation stone of the movement for  liberation of the motherland from against the despotic Dogra Maharajah’s rule.

Our Special AJK Correspondent Altaf Hamid Rao reports from Mirpur that the Jammu & Kashmir State people living at both sides of the Line of Control – Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Indian Illegally occupied Jammu Kashmir besides  rest of the world observed the 94th Kashmir Martyrs Day on Saturday with the renewal of the pledge to continue the grand mission of the Kashmiri martyrs through continuing the freedom struggle, with full vigor,  for the achievement of the birth right of self determination and for the liberation of Illefal occupied Jammu & Kashmir from the tyrannical Indian rule.

Special prayer meetings, symposiums  were the  hallmark of the Kashmir Martyrs Day across Azad Jammu & Kashmir as well as at various places in the strife-torn Indian Illegally occupied Kashmir state and rest of the world to observe the day.

It was on this day in 1931 when  the Dogra troops had shot dead at least 22 Kashmiris in front of the Central Jail Srinagar. A large number of people had gathered outside the jail protesting against the trial of a young man – Abdul Qadeer for treason inside the prison located in the highly security  zone.

In Azad Jammu Kashmir, it was the state holiday to facilitate the people to participate in the events of the day from allover the liberated territory. This year too,  the Kashmir Martyrs Day was flanked by a sign of a new hope, that if India agrees to the ground realities without any reservations and learn a lesson from the historical facts that she (New Delhi) cannot rule Kashmiris at gun point furthermore, may help bring a lasting peace and prosperity in the disputed region through the early peaceful settlement of the Kashmir issue in line with the aspirations of the people of entire internationally-acknowledged Jammu & Kashmir state.

In Indian Illegally occupied Jammu Kashmir State, a complete shutter down strike was observed against the forced and illegal Indian occupation of bulk part of  the Jammu Kashmir State. People visited the graveyards of the Shuhada in occupied Srinagar and other places and offered fateha – besides hold special prayer meetings for the upholding of the status of the martyrs in heaven.

The people of Jammu and Kashmir from both sides of the LoC have attached great hopes for the early settlement  of the much delayed Kashmir problem in line with the wishes of  the people of Jammu & Kashmir through peaceful means by both India and Pakistan under the spirit of the international norms and commitments especially through an internationally committed plebiscite under the United Nations resolutions.

In the liberated territory of AJK, people from all walks of life held special prayer meeting besides staging rallies and seminars to pay rich tributes to Kashmiri martyrs to mark the day.

Special Kashmir Martyrs Day prayer meetings, seminars  were hosted at almost all the  district and tehsil head quarters including Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Bagh, Rawalakot, Sudhanoti, Neelam valley, Haveili, Hattiyan and Bhimbher and all other small and major towns and cities under the spirit of various social, political and religious Kashmiri outfits besides the civil society belonging to all spheres of life including the business community, lawyers and the media groups in various parts of the state.

Addressing  these special functions  speakers paid rich tributes to the Kashmiris martyrs of 1931 who were gunned down by the then dogra rulers outside the Central Jail Srinagar for raising voice for the liberation of the motherland from the Dogra yoke.

Speaking on the sideline of special prayer meeting to mark the Kashmir Martyrs Day held in Mirpur Saturday  morning with Deputy Commissioner Yasir Riaz and Senior Superintendent of Police  Kamran Ali  speakers including DC Yasir Riaz, SSP Kamran Ali and others belonging to various sections of the civil society, strongly condemned the continual reign of   state terrorism and  violence unleashed by the Indian occupational forces in Srinagar and rest of the bleeding occupied valley since last 77 years where over a lakh  of innocent  Kashmiris were martyred by the brutal Indian occupational forces for raising voice for the liberation of the motherland from Indian clutches.

Speakers paid glorious tributes shaheed Burhan and other kashmiri martyrs for laying down the supreme sacrifices of their lives for the noble cause of freedom from the forcible Indian bondages.

Another  Kashmir Martyrs Day ceremony was hosted by  PPP (Shaheed Bhutto) AJK Chapter  President  Ch. Muneer Hussain Advocate here on Saturday to pay rich tributes to the martyrs of Jammu and  Kashmir for giving supreme sacrifices of their precious lives for the noble cause of liberation from the despotic Dogra regime and now from Indian  Illegal  occupation.

The gathering prayed for  upholding of the status of the Jammu and Kashmir martyrs including those 22 brave kashmiris who sacrificed their lives paving the way to launch the struggle for freedom of the motherland from the despotic Dogra and later  the current unlawful Indian occupation.