ISLAMABAD, Feb 22 (APP):The Chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Masarat Alam Butt, who has been illegally detained has asserted that lasting peace, stability and development in the region can only be achieved through the resolution of the long-standing Kashmir dispute.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Masarat Alam Butt in a message from the infamous Tihar Jail in New Delhi, has urged India to abandon the policy of keeping Jammu and Kashmir together through military force and fulfill its promise of giving the Kashmiri people their right to self-determination.
He said due to the non-resolution of the Kashmir dispute, not only are the Kashmiris suffering from problems and difficulties, but this issue is also the main reason for the tension between Pakistan and India.
Masarat Alam Butt said India’s stubbornness is the biggest obstacle in resolving the Kashmir dispute amicably and the United Nations should put pressure on India to settle this issue in accordance with its resolutions.
He said that India itself had taken the Kashmir dispute to the United Nations and had promised the Kashmiris before the international community that they would be given the opportunity to decide their own future through a plebiscite in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations, but later India reneged on its promise.
He said when the Kashmiris tried to remind India of its promise, they were subjected to all kinds of atrocities.
The APHC Chairman said that despite Indian atrocities, the Kashmiris were determined to continue their struggle for the right to self-determination.
He said that the people of Kashmir had made countless sacrifices for their legitimate right and their sacrifices would not be allowed to go waste.