MIRPUR (AJK), Jul 31 (APP): Paying glorious tributes to the founder President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan on his 22nd death anniversary observed on Thursday, the AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq has said the great departed leader’s peerless contribution and selfless service to the people of Kashmir would always be remembered.
He said in a statement that Ghazi e Millat played a key role in the freedom movement that culminated in the shape of the liberated territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The AJK PM said that getting freed the motherland from the clutches of the despotic Dogra Maharaja and making it part of the state of Pakistan in line with the will and wishes of the Kashmiri Muslims was the life long mission of Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan’s. “Despite the passage of several decades, the people of Kashmir are steadfastly pursuing the mission envisioned by the Ghazi e Milat”, he added.
Reaffirming his commitment to uphold the mission of Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, the PM said that Kashmiri people would continue their struggle until the dream of freedom of Kashmir is materialised and the mission of completing Pakistan was fulfilled.
Highlighting Ghazi Millat’s life-long struggle, he said that Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan served the people of Kashmir in various capacities, with integrity and honesty.
Recalling the historic moment there was no place for the Kashmiri political leadership to meet, the PM said that Ghazi e Milat offered his residence at Abiguzar in Srinagar and hosted the crucial meeting where a historic resolution known as Accession to Pakistan was unanimously passed nearly a month before the creation of Pakistan.
He said that it was during this historic meeting that the Kashmiri representatives decided to align the political future of Kashmir with the yet-to-be born state of Pakistan.
The prime minister said that Ghazi Millat Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan was amongst the towering leaders of Kashmir who played a significant role during the freedom movement and after the establishment of a revolutionary government in Azad Kashmir.
Referring to the Kashmiris’ commitment to the noble cause, the PM said, “Today, the people of the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir have been scripting a new history of resistance by defying the Indian occupation forces to achieve the very goal, set by our forefathers decades ago”.