YFK Engaged Youth In A Public Awareness Activity On 69^th Anniversary Of UN Resolution On Kashmir’s Right To Self-Determination

By News Desk

ISLAMABAD—YFK–International Kashmir Lobby Group (Youth Forum For Kashmir) engaged youth in a Public Awareness Activity on the occasion of 69^th Anniversary of UN Resolution – 05 January 1949: Kashmir Right To Self-Determination Day, at The Centaurus Mall, Federal Capital Islamabad.

YFK activists set up there a special Kashmir selfie stand and a stall. The Kashmir activists spent the whole day engaging passerby and shoppers. They distributed the copies of UN Resolutions on Kashmir and asked them to write to Pakistani & international media, record video messages, take selfies and pictures next to the special selfie stand, and apply for membership as activists for Kashmir.

Kashmir is at the heart of a possible nuclear confrontation between Pakistan and India, therefore it is obligatory on the peace loving nations across the globe to come forward to resolve the conflict peacefully. Kashmiris do not seek compensation for the wealth they have lost, they do not demand financial aid to help them better their lives. All they ask for is to let them choose who they want to be, let them choose their identity. The people as resilient as Kashmiris just want their Right To Self-Determination.

It was on 5^th January in 1949 when the United Nations Security Council passed a Resolution supporting the right of Kashmiris’ to decide their future by themselves, through a free and impartial plebiscite under UN Administrator.

Celebrity singer Raja Rapstar entertained the crowd with songs on freedom. Famous political and media personalities arrived to mingle with fans and spoke for Kashmir.

Speakers included Mr. Murad Saeed-Member National Assembly, Ms. Mushaal Hussein Mullick-Wife of Senior Hurriyat Leader Yaseen Malik, Mr. Sami Ibraheem-Famous TV Host, Mr. Abid Abbasi-Incharge National Press Club Rawalpindi, Mr. Ahmed Quraishi-Executive Director YFK–International Kashmir Lobby Group (Youth Forum For Kashmir), and others.

Mr. Murad Saeed said that UN have failed to give the basic rights of Kashmiris, it’s our duty to remind UN and our govt. to keep pushing this cause internationally. He criticized the decision of govt. to allow Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mother and wife to meet him, while Ms. Mushaal Hussein Mullick is not allowed by India to go to Indian-occupied Kashmir to meet her husband.

Ms. Mushaal Hussein Mullick appreciated YFK’s struggle for the just cause of Kashmir and said that she is not here to discuss personal life’s issues but Kashmir. She said that we must focus on Kashmir and keep highlighting the cause in every available platform for the fundamental rights of innocent Kashmiris. She appreciated YFK for its unique style to highlight Kashmir conflict.

Other speakers also highlighted the importance of this day and vowed their full support for the Kashmir cause.

On this occasion, The YFK;

• Insists that India’s military occupation end immediately.
• Calls on New Delhi to meet international standards of justice and fair play by withdrawing the occupation army from Srinagar and all other Kashmiri cities.
• Demands that India allow Kashmiris to take charge of their government as a first step towards resolving the international dispute in accordance with UNSC Resolutions.
• Appeals to the European Parliament, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, OSCE, ASEAN, SAARC, the Arab League, and the OIC to recognize the right of Kashmiri people to Self-Determination, and view it as the unfinished agenda of the freedom movement that led to the independence of both Pakistan and Indian in 1947 through a democratic and legal struggle where people voted to join either Pakistan or India after the departure of British forces from the region. India sought UN help in 1948, culminating in the Security Council Resolution of January 5, 1949.
• Reminds the world of the democratic nature of this Resolution. The first clause reads: ‘The question of the accession of the State of Jammu and Kashmir to India or Pakistan will be decided through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite.’
• Urges the United Nations Security Council to seize itself of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Kashmir, where India’s military occupation authorities have been found involved in arbitrary and extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, denial of basic civil liberties, and the use of rape as a weapon of war. We urge that the world body should play its key role in resolving the Kashmir dispute for perpetual peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia.

YFK–International Kashmir Lobby Group (Youth Forum For Kashmir) is a non-partisan, international non-governmental organization, working for the peaceful resolution of Kashmir Conflict in accordance with United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions.