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ISLAMABAD, Dec 30 (APP):Senior Hurriyat leader Abdul Hamid Lone has alleged that India has crossed “all deceitful limits” in its bid to suppress the Kashmiri freedom movement, accusing authorities of pursuing a systematic policy to weaken the resolve of the youth.
In a statement, Lone claimed that a “sinister conspiracy” targeting Kashmiri youth has been exposed, involving false cases, arrests, and harassment.
He asserted that despite such measures, the Kashmiri people remain steadfast in their struggle for the right to self-determination, insisting that no conspiracy can derail what he termed their “legitimate movement.”
Lone alleged that India is pursuing a “well-planned policy of genocide” against Kashmiri youth, accusing the Indian intelligence agencies of deliberately promoting drug use to divert them from the freedom struggle.
Quoting a BBC report, he said more than one million Kashmiri youth have been driven into drug addiction, while around 100,000 women have also fallen victim to substance abuse. He described this as part of a “planned conspiracy” to eliminate an entire generation “before it can think.”
He further alleged that collective killing is being carried out in the Valley through the spread of drugs, which he termed “silent weapons” aimed at weakening the movement. “When it becomes difficult to suppress a nation through guns, it is made to sleep through drugs,” Lone remarked.
Referring to international voices, Lone noted that American experts had earlier held Indian agencies responsible for worsening conditions in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
An American Professor described India’s actions as a “dangerous plan,” while Professor Thompson Lilly warned that evidence suggests Indian agencies are destabilizing the region, cautioning that the modus operandi could take a “dangerous turn” in the future.
Lone urged the Government of Pakistan to raise the issue at international forums to expose the alleged Indian designs. He appealed to Prime Minister Mian Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir to safeguard the lives of Kashmiri youth. He also called on international human rights organizations to raise their voices against what he described as grave violations in IIOJK.