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MIRPUR, Nov 5 (APP):Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry Wednesday gave glowing tributes to the martyrs of Jammu, who on this day in 1947 were brutally massacred by Hindu extremists aided and abetted by the Maharaja’s administration.
In his message issued on the eve of the Martyrs’ Day, the President said that November 6 marks a black day in Kashmir’s history when nearly a quarter million Muslims were killed in cold blood around Jammu.
“Jammu Martyrs’ Day is a renewal of the pledge that the people of Kashmir will not hesitate to make any sacrifice until the goal for which the Muslims of Jammu laid down their lives is achieved,” President Chaudhry said, adding that the massacre was not merely a coincidence but a planned conspiracy aimed at altering the region’s demography and undermining the objectives of Pakistan’s creation.
Recalling the horrors of the tragedy, he described it as the darkest chapter in Kashmir’s contemporary history.
“Even today, Kashmiri Muslims are being killed with impunity by the Indian occupation forces in the occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.
Lauding the relentless struggle and sacrifices of the Kashmiri people against India’s illegal occupation, he noted that the blood of the martyrs continues to give new life to the Kashmiris’ freedom movement, which remains alive because of their sacrifices.
The President, while reaffirming the AJK government’s all-out support for Kashmiris’ legitimate struggle for the right to self-determination, said that the freedom movement remains the top priority of the present government.
“The ongoing struggle will continue until realization of the long-cherished dream envisioned by our ancestors is achieved,” Barrister Chaudhry remarked.
He made it clear that the Indian brutalities cannot dampen the Kashmiris’ spirit of freedom.