Gilani lauds Pakistan's support to Kashmiris

The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Syed Ali Gilani has thanked the people of Pakistan as well as its political and military leadership for extending their support to the suffering Kashmiri people,in Indian occupied Kashmir.

In a statement issued in Srinagar, Syed Ali Gilani while lauding PM Imran Khan's role for effectively championing the Kashmir cause at the global level urged him to not only maintain this momentum but further enhance it to make world realize the gravity of the situation in the territory,reported

Service.

Gilani stressed that the Kashmiri people will not succumb to the evil machinations of BJP-led Indian govt and would continue resisting New Delhi's brutal military occupation with exemplary courage and sacrifices till securing their inalienable right to selfdetermination.

The APHC chairman said fascist Hindutva brigade is trying to divide Kashmiris on ethnic and religious lines to weaken the struggle, but expressed the hope that all these Indian nefarious designs will be defeated by people while acting in a collective manner.

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Meanwhile, thousands of people took to the streets in Islamabad and Kulgam areas to mourn the killing of three youth by Indian forces, in Indian occupied Kashmir.

The youth, Zahid Ahmad, Nasir Chadro and Aaqib Ahmad Sheikh, were martyred by the troops in a fake encounter during a cordon and search operation in Pazalpora area of Islamabad district, reported by Kashmir Media Service.

As the bodies of the youth reached their hometowns, Bijbehara, Arwani and Redwani, later in the day, people including women and children thronged the places to have a last glimpse of the youth. Later, shouting pro-freedom slogans and waving Pakistani flags, the mourners carried the bodies of the martyred youth to the local graveyards where they were lowered in the grave amid sobs and tears.

Meanwhile, reports say that more than two months after New Delhi revoked the special status of occupied Kashmir, thousands of Kashmiris are still in jails. Among them are children as young as nine-year-old.

Citing families, the reports said the detainees are subjected to torture and abuse which has even led to suicides. The reports further added people are afraid to speak on camera because they fear a backlash from the authorities in Kashmir.