تعزیتی بیان JKNAPUK

جموں کشمیر نیشنل عوامی پارٹی کے مرکزی راھنماو ں لالہ ذوالفقار احمد چودھری ، خواجہ ندیم اسلم ایڈووکیٹ، اکرام میر، سابق مرکزی ڈپٹی سیکریٹری جنرل جے کے این ایس ایف شفیق چودھری، شاھد ھاشمی، ایم شفیق انقلابی، اصغر ملک، وحید چودھری، ڈاکٹرآفتاب، شکور ملک ایڈووکیٹ، قیصر خاکساراور ظہیر غوری نے اپنے مشترکہ بیان میں جے کے نیپ کے مرکزی راھنما عابد جگوال کی اچانک وفات پر گھرے رنج و غم کا اظھار کیا۔ اپنے تعزیتی بیان میں نیپ کے راھنماوں نے مرحوم ساتھی کے بلندئ درجات اور پسماندگان سے دلی ھمدردی کا اظھار کیا۔نیپ کے راھنماوں نے مزید کۂا کە عابد جگوال نیپ کا عظیم سرمایە تھے۔ نیپ کے پلیٹ فارم سے اس عظیم کامریڈ نے مادر وطن کی قومی آزادی، خودمختاری اور اعلیٰ انسانی آدرشوں كي تكميل كيلئے جو گرانقدر خدمات سر انجام دیں، وە تاریخ کا ایک روشن باب ھے۔ نیپ کے راھنماوں نے اس عزم کا اعادە کیا کە عابد جگوال کے ادھورے مشن کی تکمیل کے لئے ھماری جدوجھد ھر حال میں جاری رھے گی

Maqbool Bhatt Day 2012

British and European Kashmiri Diaspora link up to grow the independence Alliance

15 January 2012. Brussels: (Report by Shams Rehman)

A crucial meeting convened in Antwerpen by the European and British Kashmiri activists agreed to expand the ‘Jammu Kashmir national Independence Alliance’ to global level by linking up the activists and organisations in different countries of the world including USA, Canada, Europe, UK, Middle East and ‘back home’, in the state of Kashmir.

The meeting was called by a group of European Kashmiri activists from ‘Azad’ (free) Kashmir, the Pakistani controlled part of the divided Kashmiri state settled in different countries of Europe for some years.

“ I have been actively involved in the struggle for independent Kashmir since my student days and rose to lead the National Student Federation (NSF) before protesting against the restrictions on pro independent Kashmir activists to participate in election and was arrested tortured by the authorities in 1990s. After moving to Belgium I continued my support for independent Kashmir along with the struggle for find work and residence in here.” Says Mr Hassan a garment trader who works long hours to make living in Europe and is determined to play his role in improving the lot of people in all parts of the divided Himalayan state.

Elaborating on the background work for the meeting, Mt Shahid Azam and Shahid Azam Junior, both long-time activists stated that one factor in the lack of success for pro-independence perspective on Kashmir has been the reluctance amongst leadership in speaking the whole truth about Kashmir. It has become a trend amongst the diaspora activists to speak either the Indian or the Pakistani version of the Kashmir story. The time has come for speaking the whole truth that the entire state of Kashmir is occupied and all occupying forces including India, Pakistan and China need to leave Kashmir and let Kashmiri decide their future democratically. To give this voice credibility and power to get to the democratic and diplomatic centres as well as the forces for justice and progress across the world we wanted to connect all like minded Kashmiris across the world.

It was during such discussions that they got connected with the leadership of ‘Jammu Kashmir National Independence Alliance (JKNIA) in existence in Britain for some years with an international agenda. After some telephonic conferences it was decided to call a preliminary conference of the JKNIA leadership and the diaspora activists in other countries of the world. The JKNIA was represented by Mehmood Kashmiri, the chair, Nadeem Aslam , secretary general , Najib Afsar spokesperson, Ghulam Hussain Vice President and Shams Rehman from the Association of British Kashmiris. The Alliance leadership welcoming the desire for an international body and offered detailed background information on the structure and work the alliance has carried so far.

Mehmood Kashmiri, the current chair of the Alliance said that we respect and appreciate each and every individual, organisation or group across the world and inside our divided country of Kashmir who have carried forward the struggle for a democratic independent Kashmir. We want to bring Kashmiris of all regions, religions and languages closer into a political community.

Ghulam Hussain, the vice chair of the alliance said that to avoid reinventing the wheel we think extending the existing alliance to encompass all those striving for united independent democratic Kashmir anywhere is the most effective way forward.

Mr Anwar Khan and Amjad Mehmood called from Dubai and Altaf Makhdoomi from Cyprus to share their desire for an independent international body to promote the cause of independent Kashmir and express best wishes for the efforts to construct such a body.

After some discussions it was agreed to set up an expansion committee that will reach out to activists and organisations in different countries and organise an international convention in order to elect a central leadership by sometime in the middle of 2012. A constitutional committee was also agreed to carryout necessary amendments. The Expansion committee consisted of Mehmood Kashmiri, Nosherwan Hussain, Najib Afsar, Shahid Azam and Shahid Azam Junior. The constitutional committee included Nadeem Aslam, Ghulam Hussain, Hassan Mehmood, Shams Rehman and Nasim Iqbal.

Others who deliberated and supported the efforts for expanding the JKNIA included Sabar Malik, Abid Hussain, Najib Afsar, Mohammed Aziz, Abid Hussain Khan, Tariq Kashar and Muhammed Hussain. It was acknowledged that due to a range of reasons a large number of people who share the purpose could not attend the meeting who the expansion committee will approach and engage in the further development of the Alliance.

In a special session on the following day Mr. Abdul Hamid Khan, chairman of Balawaristan Front and Ateeq Rehman also supported the idea of internationalising the independence alliance and Hamid Khan agreed to work as observer with the Alliance. While highlighting his concerns about the exclusion of Gilgit-Baltistan or Balawaristan people from the ‘Kashmir’ question, Hamid Khan insisted that all regions and citizens of the state share a common purpose of striving for freedom from forced and exploitative occupation.

In the concluding session the following declaration was issued by the existing leadership of the Alliance and the new Committees set up for expansion and constitutional development as the framework for promoting the independence politics.

1. The Alliance recognises, appreciates and willing to work with each and every individual, group, organisation or political party striving for a united independent Kashmir or for the unfettered right of self-determination for all the state subjects;

2. Alliance views ‘Kashmir’ as the political national identity of the State that was officially known as ‘the State of Jammu and Kashmir and Tibet Ha and Aqsai etc.’ is currently divided under the occupation of India and Pakistan into three ‘Kashmiri governments’ and geographical parts. While China occupies some parts, it does not claim the entire state like India and Pakistan and formally agrees to renegotiate the areas under her occupation with the legitimate authority after the final settlement of the Kashmir question.

3. Covering an area of 85806 sq. miles (2,22236 sq. Kms) Kashmir is a multi-cultural state with Kosher, Sheena, Balti, Dogari, Gojari, Pahari (Ponchi, Mirpuri etc.), Kishtawari, Ladakhi, Broshisky as the major linguistic and cultural identities and Hindu, Sikh, Budh, Christians and Muslims as religious identities of the state subjects. While the Alliance fully recognises and strongly believes in celebrating the cultural and religious diversity of the state, it is committed to resist and fight against any illegal, undemocratic and coercive or suppressive moves to divide and disintegrate the state using all available and legitimate means.

4. All three governments inside the state boundaries while has some features of democratic elections are controlled by the occupying governments of India and Pakistan and are not representatives of their respective regions. The Alliance fully supports all the struggles of all peoples in the jurisdiction of these governments for fully representative and democratic constitutional assemblies and socio-economic developmental and cultural rights.

5. The Alliance also supports the demands for fully representatives and democratically elected regional assemblies in the Jammu and Ladakh regions of the state.

6. The armies and paramilitary forces of India and Pakistan that entered Kashmir in 1947 under the pretext of ‘protecting’ Kashmiris have committed atrocities against the citizens of Kashmir state and are clearly seen as occupying forces by a growing number of Kashmiris in all parts of the state. The Alliance believes that for bringing peace and building democratic and civil politics in the state, the armed and military forces of India and Pakistan should immediately be removed from the populated areas and gradually completely withdrawn from the state as per their pledges in the United Nations.

7. All Political prisoners should be released from all parts of the state including, M Afzal Guru, Baba Jan and the mortal remains of Maqbool Bhatt

8. All administrative and infrastructural hindrances for the trade and movement across the ‘division line’ must be removed and all natural routes connecting different regions of the state be reopened and rebuilt including Jammu Mirpur, Ladakh-Baltistan and Gilgit-Baltistan-‘Azad’ Kashmir.

9. State Subjcet should be issued in card form for all the state subjects for travelling across the state.

10. The struggle in Kashmir and amongst diaspora is not against the people of India-Pakistan or any religion or nation. It is for the emancipation and independence from the forced occupation of Kashmir state of the armed, political and civil occupation of India and Pakistan.

11. The Alliance strongly and firmly believes that the struggle for the independence of Kashmir is directly linked with the struggle of the millions of Indian and Pakistani people for freedom from poverty and underdevelopment. The occupation of Kashmir costs India and Pakistan bulk of their national budgets which they spend on the weapons of mass destruction which leaves little for ‘mass construction’.

12. The Alliance believes that the struggle in Kashmir from its inception in modern popular form in 1930s has primarily been for democracy with Kashmiriyat (coexistence, pluralism) at the core of its political philosophy. Hence it has a direct link with and must be championed by the democratic forces around the world including those in India and Pakistan.

13. The alliance would continue its support for the campaign for the recognition of Kashmiri identity of Diaspora communities in their countries of settlement.
The Alliance recognises, appreciates and willing to work with each and every individual, group, organisation or political party striving for a united independent Kashmir or for the unfettered right of self-determination for all the state subjects;
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Brussels: (Report By Shams Rehman) A crucial meeting convened in Antwerpen by the European and British Kashmiri activists agreed to expand the ‘Jammu Kashmir national Independence Alliance’ to global level by linking up the activists and organisations in different countries of the world including USA, Canada, Europe, UK, Middle East and ‘back home’, in the state of Kashmir.
The meeting was called by a group of European Kashmiri activists from ‘Azad’ (free) Kashmir, the Pakistani controlled part of the divided Kashmiri state settled in different countries of Europe for some years.
“ I have been actively involved in the struggle for independent Kashmir since my student days and rose to lead the National Student Federation (NSF) before protesting against the restrictions on pro independent Kashmir activists to participate in election and was arrested tortured by the authorities in 1990s. After moving to Belgium I continued my support for independent Kashmir along with the struggle for find work and residence in here.” Says Mr Hassan a garment trader who works long hours to make living in Europe and is determined to play his role in improving the lot of people in all parts of the divided Himalayan state.
Elaborating on the background work for the meeting, Mt Shahid Azam and Shahid Azam Junior, both long-time activists stated that one factor in the lack of success for pro-independence perspective on Kashmir has been the reluctance amongst leadership in speaking the whole truth about Kashmir. It has become a trend amongst the diaspora activists to speak either the Indian or the Pakistani version of the Kashmir story. The time has come for speaking the whole truth that the entire state of Kashmir is occupied and all occupying forces including India, Pakistan and China need to leave Kashmir and let Kashmiri decide their future democratically. To give this voice credibility and power to get to the democratic and diplomatic centres as well as the forces for justice and progress across the world we wanted to connect all likeminded Kashmiris across the world.
It was during such discussions that they got connected with the leadership of ‘Jammu Kashmir National Independence Alliance (JKNIA) in existence in Britain for some years with an international agenda. After some telephonic conferences it was decided to call a preliminary conference of the JKNIA leadership and the diaspora activists in other countries of the world. The JKNIA was represented by Mehmood Kashmiri, the chair, Nadeem Aslam , secretary general , Najib Afsar spokesperson, Ghulam Hussain Vice President and Shams Rehman from the Association of British Kashmiris. The Alliance leadership welcoming the desire for an international body and offered detailed background information on the structure and work the alliance has carried so far.
Mehmood Kashmiri, the current chair of the Alliance said that we respect and appreciate each and every individual, organisation or group across the world and inside our divided country of Kashmir who have carried forward the struggle for a democratic independent Kashmir. We want to bring Kashmiris of all regions, religions and languages closer into a political community.
Ghulam Hussain, the vice chair of the alliance said that to avoid reinventing the wheel we think extending the existing alliance to encompass all those striving for united independent democratic Kashmir anywhere is the most effective way forward.
Mr Anwar Khan and Amjad Mehmood called from Dubai and Altaf Makhdoomi from Cyprus to share their desire for an independent international body to promote the cause of independent Kashmir and express best wishes for the efforts to construct such a body.
After some discussions it was agreed to set up an expansion committee that will reach out to activists and organisations in different countries and organise an international convention in order to elect a central leadership by sometime in the middle of 2012. A constitutional committee was also agreed to carryout necessary amendments. The Expansion committee consisted of Mehmood Kashmiri, Nosherwan Hussain, Najib Afsar, Shahid Azam and Shahid Azam Junior. The constitutional committee included Nadeem Aslam, Ghulam Hussain, Hassan Mehmood, Shams Rehman and Nasim Iqbal.

Others who deliberated and supported the efforts for expanding the JKNIA included Sabar Malik, Abid Hussain, Najib Afsar, Mohammed Aziz, Abid Hussain Khan, Tariq Kashar and Muhammed Hussain. It was acknowledged that due to a range of reasons a large number of people who share the purpose could not attend the meeting who the expansion committee will approach and engage in the further development of the Alliance.
In a special session on the following day Mr. Abdul Hamid Khan, chairman of Balawaristan Front and Ateeq Rehman also supported the idea of internationalising the independence alliance and Hamid Khan agreed to work as observer with the Alliance. While highlighting his concerns about the exclusion of Gilgit-Baltistan or Balawaristan people from the ‘Kashmir’ question, Hamid Khan insisted that all regions and citizens of the state share a common purpose of striving for freedom from forced and exploitative occupation.
In the concluding session the following declaration was issued by the existing leadership of the Alliance and the new Committees set up for expansion and constitutional development as the framework for promoting the independence politics.
1. The Alliance recognises, appreciates and willing to work with each and every individual, group, organisation or political party striving for a united independent Kashmir or for the unfettered right of self-determination for all the state subjects;
2. Alliance views ‘Kashmir’ as the political national identity of the State that was officially known as ‘the State of Jammu and Kashmir and Tibet Ha and Aqsai etc.’ is currently divided under the occupation of India and Pakistan into three ‘Kashmiri governments’ and geographical parts. While China occupies some parts, it does not claim the entire state like India and Pakistan and formally agrees to renegotiate the areas under her occupation with the legitimate authority after the final settlement of the Kashmir question.
3. Covering an area of 85806 sq. miles (2,22236 sq. Kms) Kashmir is a multi-cultural state with Kosher, Sheena, Balti, Dogari, Gojari, Pahari (Ponchi, Mirpuri etc.), Kishtawari, Ladakhi, Broshisky as the major linguistic and cultural identities and Hindu, Sikh, Budh, Christians and Muslims as religious identities of the state subjects. While the Alliance fully recognises and strongly believes in celebrating the cultural and religious diversity of the state, it is committed to resist and fight against any illegal, undemocratic and coercive or suppressive moves to divide and disintegrate the state using all available and legitimate means.
4. All three governments inside the state boundaries while has some features of democratic elections are controlled by the occupying governments of India and Pakistan and are not representatives of their respective regions. The Alliance fully supports all the struggles of all peoples in the jurisdiction of these governments for fully representative and democratic constitutional assemblies and socio-economic developmental and cultural rights.
5. The Alliance also supports the demands for fully representatives and democratically elected regional assemblies in the Jammu and Ladakh regions of the state.
6. The armies and paramilitary forces of India and Pakistan that entered Kashmir in 1947 under the pretext of ‘protecting’ Kashmiris have committed atrocities against the citizens of Kashmir state and are clearly seen as occupying forces by a growing number of Kashmiris in all parts of the state. The Alliance believes that for bringing peace and building democratic and civil politics in the state, the armed and military forces of India and Pakistan should immediately be removed from the populated areas and gradually completely withdrawn from the state as per their pledges in the United Nations.
7. All Political prisoners should be released from all parts of the state including, M Afzal Guru, Baba Jan and the mortal remains of Maqbool Bhatt
8. All administrative and infrastructural hindrances for the trade and movement across the ‘division line’ must be removed and all natural routes connecting different regions of the state be reopened and rebuilt including Jammu Mirpur, Ladakh-Baltistan and Gilgit-Baltistan-‘Azad’ Kashmir.
9. State Subjcet should be issued in card form for all the state subjects for travelling across the state.
10. The struggle in Kashmir and amongst diaspora is not against the people of India-Pakistan or any religion or nation. It is for the emancipation and independence from the forced occupation of Kashmir state of the armed, political and civil occupation of India and Pakistan.
11. The Alliance strongly and firmly believes that the struggle for the independence of Kashmir is directly linked with the struggle of the millions of Indian and Pakistani people for freedom from poverty and underdevelopment. The occupation of Kashmir costs India and Pakistan bulk of their national budgets which they spend on the weapons of mass destruction which leaves little for ‘mass construction’.
12. The Alliance believes that the struggle in Kashmir from its inception in modern popular form in 1930s has primarily been for democracy with Kashmiriyat (coexistence, pluralism) at the core of its political philosophy. Hence it has a direct link with and must be championed by the democratic forces around the world including those in India and Pakistan.
13. The alliance would continue its support for the campaign for the recognition of Kashmiri identity of diaspora communities in their countries of settlement.


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یورپ اور برطانیہ کے کشمیریوں کاخود مختار کشمیرکے لیے اتحاد کو عالمی سطح پرمنظم کرنے کا فیصلہ

کشمیر کی آزادی بھارت و پاکستان کے عوام اور جمہوری قوتوں کی ترقی کے لیے بھی ضروری ہے

برسلز (پ ر ) برطانیہ اور مختلف یورپی ممالک میں خودمختار کشمیر کی تحریک سے وابستہ کشمیریوں کا انتہائی اہم اور تاریخی اجلاس بیلجم کے شہر انٹورپن میں منعقد ہوا جس میں طویل بات چیت کے بعد فیصلہ کیا گیا کہ دُنیا بھر میں خودمختار کشمیر کے لیے سرگرم کشمیریوں کو کشمیر انڈی پنڈنس آلائنس کے پلیٹ فارم پر یکجا کیا جائے گا۔ پہلے سیشن میں حاضرین کو خوش آمدید کہتے اور اجلاس کی غرض و غایت بیان کرتے ہوئے شاہد اعظم جونئیر، شاید اعظم سینئیر اور حسن بھائی نے بتایا کہ کئی سالوں سے مسلسل جدوجہد اور بے پناہ جانی و مالی قربانیوں کے باوجود ریاست جموں کشمیر کا مقدمہ عالمی سطح پر متعلقہ ادارے اور عوام نہ تو کشمیریوں کے نقطہ نظر سے آگاہ ہیں اور نہ ہی خود مختاری کی جدوجہد کو وہ حمایت اور مقام حاصل ہوسکا ہے جو دُنیا میں آزادی کی دوسری تحریکوں کو ۔ اس کی وجہ پر روشنی ڈالتے ہوئے اُنہوں نے کہا کہ ہم ’’ریاست جموں کشمیر و تبت ہا ‘‘کے باشندے مغربی دُنیا اور مشرق وسطیٰ میں بہت بڑی تعداد میں ہونے کے باوجود ان گنت چھوٹے چھوٹے گروپوں اور ٹولیوں میں بٹے ہوئے ہیں جس کے نتیجے میں ہمارا کام کہیں بھی موثر نہیں ہوپاتا۔ اُنہوں نے کہا اس تناظر میں ہم یورپ ، مشرق وسطیٰ اور امریکہ و کنیڈا وغیرہ میں مقیم دوستوں نے مختلف مواقعوں پر تبادلہ خیال کرتے ہوئے عالمی سطح پر خود مختار کشمیر کی تحریک کو اُجاگر کرنے ، موثر بنانے اور جمہوریت، آزادی، انصاف اور ترقی کی حامی قوتوں کی حمایت حاصل کرنے کے لیے کشمیریوں کے عالمی اتحاد کی ضرورت کو شدت سے محسوس کیا۔ تاہم اس کے لیے کسی نئے اتحاد کے قیام کی بجائے برطانیہ میں کچھ عرصے سے قائم ’’ جموں کشمیر انڈی پنڈنس آلائنس ‘‘ کی قیادت سے کئی ہفتوں تک اس کو عالمی سطح پر متحرک و منظم کرنے کی ضرورت پر تبادلہ خیال کیا گیا اور باہمی صلاح مشورے سے آج کا یہ باضابطہ اجلاس منعقد کیا گیا۔ جموں کشمیر انڈی پنڈنس آلائنس کے پس منظر اور دائرہ کار پر روشنی ڈالنے کے لیے برطانیہ سے اس کے چئیر مین محمود کشمیری، سیکرٹری جنرل ندیم اسلم، وائس چئیرمین غلام حسین ، ترجمان نجیب افسر اور شمس رحمان موجود تھے۔ اُنہوں نے بتایا کہ انڈی پنڈنس آلائنس گو عملی طور پر برطانیہ تک محدود رہا ہے تاہم اس کو عالمی سطح پر متحرک و منظم کرنے کی راہ میں کسی قسم کی کوئی رکاوٹ موجود نہیں۔ اس پر تمام حاضرین نے متفقہ فیصلہ کیا کہ کوئی نیا اتحاد تشکیل دینے کی بجائے اسی اتحاد کو وسعت دی جائے اور دنیا بھر کے مختلف ممالک میں اُن تمام تنظیموں اور افراد کو اسی پلیٹ فارم پر یکجا کیا جائے۔ اس کے لیے آئینی اور انتظامی یا توسیع کمیٹیاں تشکیل دی گئیں ۔آئینی کمیٹی میں ندیم اسلم، شمس رحمان غلام حسین ، حسن محمود اور نسیم اقبال کو نامزد کیا گیا جبکہ توسیع کمیٹی نوشیروان حسین، نجیب افسر،محمود کشمیری، شاہد اعظم اور شاید اعظم جونئیر پر مشتمل ہوگی۔ کمیٹیاں آئندہ چند ماہ میں آلائنس کی وسعت کے لیے درکار آئینی و انتظامی اور انتخابی قوانین و ضوابط اور طریقہ کار طے کرتے ہوئے مرکزی کنونشن کا اہتمام کریں گی جس میں آلائنس کی مرکزی قیادت کا انتخاب کیا جائے گا۔
اجلاس میں مشرق وسطیٰ سے کشمیر نیشنل ایسوسی ایشن کے سردار انور خان اور امجد کیانی اورسائپرس سے الطاف مخدومی نے ٹیلی فون کے ذریعے شرکت کرتے ہوئے بھرپور تعاون کا یقین دلایا ۔ دیگر شرکاء جنہوں نے اظہار خیال کرتے ہوئے عالمی سطح پر آلائنس کی ضرورت و آفادیت سے اتفاق کیا اُن میں صابر ملک، محمد عزیر، عابد حسین خان، طارق کاشراور محمد حسین شامل تھے۔
اجلاس کے دوسرے سیشن میں عتیق الرحمان اور بالاورستان فرنٹ کے عبدالحمید خان نے بھی خصوصی طور پر شرکت کی اور اتحاد سے بھرپور تعاون اور یک جہتی کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے مبصر کی حیثیت سے کام کرنے پر رضامندی کا اظہار کیا۔

اجلاس کی طرف سے جاری کردہ اعلامیے کے مطابق اجلاس کے رہنما اصول جن کی بنیاد پر اور جن کی روشنی میں ریاست جموں کشمیر کی وحدت و خودمختاری اور تمام ریاستی باشندوں کے معاشی، سیاسی، ثقافتی و سماجی حقوق کی جدوجہد کو عالمی سطح پر اُجاگر کیا اور آگے بڑھایا جائے گا اُن میں سے اہم ترین درج ذیل ہیں:

۱۔ اتحادکے رہنماؤں نے منقسم ریاست کے تمام حصوں میں موجود تمام چھوٹی بڑی سیاسی تنظیموں ، گروپوں اور افراد کی طرف سے وطن کی وحدت و قومی آزادی کے لیے کی جانے والے جدوجہد کو سراہتے ہوئے اس بات کو واضح کیا کہ ریاست کہ ریاست کے اندر اور ان تمام قوتوں کو باہمی طور پر قریب لانے اور اتحاد میں شامل کرنے کے لیے مسلسل جدوجہد کی جائے گی ۔
۲۔ کشمیر جس کو قیام کے وقت سرکاری طور پر ’ ’ریاست جموں و کشمیر و تبت ہا اور و اقصائے وغیرہ‘ ‘ کا نام دیا گیا تھا آج تین ریاستی حکومتوں اور جغرافیائی ٹکڑوں میں بٹی ہوئی ہے ۔ کاشری، ڈوگری، گوجری، پہاڑی ( پونچھی، میرپوری ) ، بروشسکی، لداخی، بلتی، کشتواری اورشینااس ریاست کی ثقافی اور سماجی شناختیں ہیں اور ہندو، سکھ ، عیسائی، مسلمان، اور بُدھ اس ریاست کی مذہبی شناختیں ہیں۔ اتحاد ریاست کشمیر کی اس رنگا رنگی کو نہ صرف تسلیم کرتا بلکہ ہر ایک ثقافت اور علاقے کے عوام کے تمام حقوق اور وسائل کو عالمی سطح پر متعارف کروانے اور پروان چڑھانے کے لیے متحرک اور سرگرم جدوجہد کا پر یقین رکھتا ہے ۔
۳۔ ریاست کشمیر 85.000 مربع میل پر مشتمل ایک منفرد تاریخی ،سیاسی اور جغرافیائی وحدت ہے جس پر بھارت وپاکستان ا ور چین نے قبضہ کر رکھا ہے جبکہ بھارت و پاکستان پوری ریاست پر ملکیت کا دعویٰ بھی کرتے ہیں۔آلائنس ریاست کی جبری، غیر آئینی ، غیر قانونی اور غیر جمہوری تقسیم کی ہر ایک کوشش اور سازش کے خلاف بھرپور مزاحمت اور جدوجہد کرے گا۔
۴۔ریاست کے اندر موجود حکومتیں جن میں بھارتی مقبوضہ کشمیر میں ’’ جموں وکشمیر ‘‘ پاکستانی مقبوضہ کشمیر میں ’’ آزاد کشمیر‘‘ اور ’’ گلگت بلتستان ‘‘ کی حکومتیں شامل ہیں ۔ یہ بنیادی انسانی حقوق کے تحفظ اور اس سلسلہ میں کوئی قابل ذکر قانون سازی میں مکمل طور پر ناکام ثابت ہوئی ہیں۔ اتحاد ان تینوں ریاستی حکومتوں کو بااختیاراور جمہوری بنانے اور ان کو نمائندہ حیثیت دیے جانے کے ساتھ ساتھ جموں اور لداخ کے لیے بھی مقامی طور پر بااختیار ، جمہوری اور نمائندہ اسمبلیوں کے قیام کی حمایت کرتا ہے ۔
۵۔ بھارت اور پاکستان کی فوجیں جو کشمیریوں کا تحفظ کرنے کے بہانے ریاست میں داخل ہوئی تھیں مختلف مواقعوں پر ریاستی باشندوں کے خلاف جبر اور ان کے قتل کی مرتکب بھی ہوئی ہیں ۔گذشہ بیس سالوں سے بھارتی فوج نے وادی کاشر میں ہزاروں کشمیریوں کا قتل کیا ہے۔ ہم مطالبہ کرتے ہیں کہ فوری طور پر بھارت و پاکستان ریاست میں آبادیوں سے اپنی فوجیں ہٹائیں اور بتدریج ریاست کی حدود سے نکل جائیں جیسا کہ دونوں نے اقوام متحدہ میں وعدہ کر رکھا ہے۔
۶۔ جنگ بندی لائن کے آر پار موجودہ تجارتی ٹرانسپورٹروں کو پاکستانی کسٹم کی طرف سے تنگ کیے جانے کا سلسلہ فوری بند کیا جائے اور ریاست کے اندر تمام قدرتی راستے کھولنے کے لیے گلگت بلتستان و آزاد کشمیر و لداخ اور جموں و میرپور کو ملانے والی سڑکوں کو سفروتجارت کے لیے تعمیر کیا جائے۔
۷۔ ریاست کے اندر جنگ بندی لائن کے آر پار سفر و تجارت کے لیے باشندہ ریاست کو کارڈ کی شکل میں جاری کیا جائے۔
۸۔ ریاست کے تمام حصوں میں تمام سیاسی قیدیوں کو رہا کیا جائے بشمول مقبول بٹ کا جسد خاکی، افضل گورو اور بابا جان ۔
۹۔ آلائنس کے خیال میں خودمختار کشمیر کی تحریک بھارت یا پاکستان کے عوام یا ان کے مذاہب یا سالمیت کے خلاف ہر گز نہیں بلکہ ریاست میں دونوں ملکوں کے فوجی، سول اور سیاسی و ثقافتی قبضے و تسلط اور ریاستی وسائل کے استحصال سے نجات کے لیے ہے۔
۱۰۔ ہم یقین رکھتے ہیں کہ کشمیر کی قومی آزادی کا مسئلہ صرف کشمیریوں کی آزادی کا سوال نہیں بلکہ یہ بھارت و پاکستان کے عوام کی غریبی و استحصال سے آزادی اور ان کی ترقی کے سوال سے بھی جُڑا ہوا ہے کیونکہ اس وقت بھارت و پاکستان کی حکومتیں اس مسئلے کی وجہ سے قومی بجٹ کا بڑا حصہ تباہ کن ہتھیاروں کی تعمیر و خرید پر صرف کرتی ہیں۔
۱۱۔ ریاست کشمیر میں ۱۹۳۰ کے عشرے سے ہی جدوجہد بنیادی طور پر جمہوریت کے لیے ہے یوں اس کا دنیا میں عوامی جمہوری تحریکوں اور جمہوری قوتوں کے فروغ کی جدوجہد سے بھی گہرا تعلق بنتا ہے۔
۱۲۔ آلائنس بیرون کشمیر تمام ممالک میں آباد کشمیریوں کے کشمیری تشخص کو تسلیم کروانے کی جدوجہداور تارکین وطن کشمیریوں کے نئے وطنوں میں ان کے حقوق و ترقی کی کوششوں میں سرگرمی سے حمایت کرے گا۔
ختم شُد

NADEEM ASLAM SPEECH AT JKNLC UK & EUROPE ZONE CONVENTION 2011

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Nadeem aslam giving his speech at jknlc uk & europe zone convention in bradford on 23 oct 2011

Special Conference on Kashmir in House of Commons London Wednesday 26th October 2011

Dear Members of Parliament UK,



Re:
Special Conference on Kashmir on Wednesday 26th October 2011 in Committee Room P at Port Caullis House, House of Commons London from 6pm to 8pm.
Where the Newly Elected Prime minister of Azad Kashmir Ch Abdul Majeed will be present as the Chief Guest.
Organised by Jammu Kashmir Self Determination Movement Europe.
Invitation by Raja Najabat Hussain on behalf of Jammu Kashmir Self Determination Movement.





I am writing to you on behalf of the Jammu Kashmir National Independence Alliance (JKNIA) UK in your capacity as a possible invitee to the above mentioned Special Conference at the House Commons at 6-00pm on Wednesday 26th October 2011 to draw your attention to the following issues which are relevant for proper exercise of the Right of Self Determination for the independence of entire Kashmir (including both the Indian Occupied Kashmir and the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir)



1. That any referendum or vote on right of self determination must include an option for a United and completely Independent Kashmir and not just the options for Kashmir being part of India or Pakistan.



2. Any negotiations on the referendum or vote on right of self determinations must include representation from Kashmiri organisations and parties who support the Option of United and completely Independent Kashmir as this view is not represented by the people who are part of the State Government in Indian and Pakistani Occupied Kashmir.



3. As you may be aware and may be able to verify from the Chief Guest who is representing Pakistan Occupied Kashmir at the conference on 26th October as the Prime minister of the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (Azad Kashmir) represents a Legislative assembly for which people and parties supporting the idea of independent Kashmir are not allowed to take part in the election.In order to qualify as the candidates for the elections for this assembly they have to declare an Oath that they support the annexation of Kashmir to
Pakistan.



As you may be aware JKNIA is an alliance of a number of Political Parties and organisations working for the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue through negotiated settlement for complete independence and unification of Kashmir.



We are writing to request you to take into consideration the issues raised above which are supported by many people of Kashmiri origin living in the UK including many who may live in your constituency and kindly consider making your support for right of self determination conditional to the inclusion of the option for united and completely independent Kashmir and asking the Government of Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir to lift the ban on the parties which support the option of United and completely independent Kashmir.

Nadeem Aslam
Secretary General JKNIA
E-mail nadeemjknia@aol.com


Jammu Kashmir National Independence Alliance (JKNIA)

Member Parties

1. Jammu Kashmir National Liberation Conference (JKNLC EU)
2. Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party (JKNAP UK)
3. Jammu Kashmir Freedom Movement (KFM)
4. Association of British Kashmiris (ABK)
5. Kashmir Liberation Organisation (KLO)
6. Jammu Kashmir Plebiscite Front (JKPF)
7. Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)

Kashmiri Diaspora An Excluded Identity in Britain.

To,
Ed Miliband MP,
Leader Labour Party and opposition leader in house of commons UK


Kashmiri Diaspora An Excluded Identity in Britain.

On 15th August 1947The British Paramountcy ceased to exist and the sovereignty of the Kashmir state was legally reverted to the people of Kashmir automatically This reversion of sovereignty to the people of Kashmir was in the consequences of the provision 7B of the Indian Independence Act1947.The people of Kashmir had a legal Right of Self-Determination to shape their own destinies by forming their own Government? After 64 years of this conflict between India and Pakistan fought full scale wars and forcibly divided former princely state Jammu Kashmir into four parts Indian Occupied Jammu Kashmir (IOK),Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, (POK), Azad Kashmir, Gigit Baltistan , Aksai Chin (Chinese control areas) Pakistan gifted to China in 1962.We urge to all extend to their full support for United Independent Kashmir, free of military and every sort of weapons. Inclusion of British Kashmiri as a ethnic group in Britain.We would like to draw your attention to the other forms of human rights violation on both sides of the division line in Kashmir. The worse form of the violation is to bar any person or political party from participating in elections, joining employment or issuing any publication without pledging support to state’s accession to Pakistan or the Indian Constitution. These restrictions closes all the doors for peaceful, democratic and civil forms of protest and leave young Kashmiris vulnerable to ‘illegal’ and ‘extreme’ means of expressing their aspirations for independence.
Another rights violation of Kashmiri Diaspora which has roots in Jammu Kashmir but migrated to Britain is the negation and non-recognition of Kashmiri identity in Britain and branding British Kashmiris as Pakistanis or Indians depending which side of the division they come from. It is time that British MPs ask the governments of India and Pakistan to lift undemocratic banns on political participation in democratic process, release all political prisoners, issue state subject in a card form and let all state subjects move freely across the division line, initially all the families that are divided across the division line to be free to see each other without going through years long bureaucratic processes. However, as you can see the issue is primarily a political one and needs political approach to address the issue of military and civil occupation of Jammu Kashmir by India and Pakistan that causes HR violations in Jammu Kashmir. The following measures to resolve the Kashmir Question according the will and wishes of the people of Kashmir:

Withdraw all foreign forces from all parts of Kashmir state;
Release of all political Prisoners including the mortal remains of the leader of national independence and unification movement Mohammed Maqbool Bhatt from Tihar prison Delhi;
Complete freedom of trade and movement across the division line and internationally for all the State Subjects ;
Freedom of Press and Assembly ;
Removal of all restrictions on the politics of independence for free and fair elections in the entire state for regional assemblies and a national assembly;
Making necessary arrangements for Self Determination including and with the right to independence through a fair, free and democratic mechanism.


Nadeem Aslam
Secretary General JKNIA
E-mail nadeemjknia@aol.com

Jammu Kashmir National Independence Alliance UK (JKNIA)

Thanks to Shamas Rehman for his contribution to draft above letter.

4th OCTOBER 1947 IS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE PROVISIONAL REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU KASHMIR

 
4th OCTOBER 1947 IS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE PROVISIONAL REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU KASHMIR

By, M.A.Aseem

4th October 1947 is the true birthday of the provisional Republican Government of Kashmir also known as Azad Kashmir Government. The nearest past origin of Republican Government of Kashmir lies in the uprising in Poonch during the year of 1947. the simmering revolt in Poonch erupted into an open resistance in July - August 1947. it sparked of by a series of events and exploded by the British announcement that the two new states. Bharat and Pakistan, in British India were to be created and British imperialism was about to leave India.

In January 1947, assembly elections were conducted in Kashmir. In February, Atlee, the British Prime Minister, announced the British Government's decision to quit India in the very near future. The people of Kashmir suspected that something was going to happen, but no one knew where and how. It happened in Poonch in the spring of 1947. The Raja of Poonch was a tributary to the Maharaja of Kashmir. He was dispossessed of his estates during the Second World War and Maharaja of Kashmir began to collect taxes in Poonch. Both the rulers and the taxes were very harsh and exacting. The people of Poonch defied the law of Maharaja by unleashing a no tax campaign in spring 1947,

Among the 7167 Kashmir! soldiers who served in the Second World War 6402 were from Poonch. The people of Poonch complained against the harsh taxes. There was a tax on every hearth, every window, every wife, every cow, every sheep and every buffalo. Further more, The zaldari tax was imposed to pay the cost of taxation, and Dogra troops were billeted on the people of Poonch to enforce the collection. Maharaja Hari Sing had previously refused to accept these soldiers in his military forces after their demobilization and had sent them back to their farms. At the same time, he had strengthened his garrisons in the areas of Poonch including Mirpur with the Sikhs and Hindu Dogras. The people of Poonch including Mirpur did not take it laying down.

No sooner did the appointed day (15th August 1947) arrive than they set themselves for combing the areas for the establishment of a free zone in south-western part of the Kashmir State. On 15th August 1947, the British Paramountcy ceased to exist and the sovereignty of the Kashmir State was legally reverted to the people of Kashmir automatically. This reversion of sovereignty to the people of Kashmir was in the consequence of the provision 7B of the Indian Independent Act of 1947. Thus, the people of Kashmir had a legal right of self-determination to shape their own destinies by forming their own government.


As a result, the struggle for the liberation and independence of Kashmir accelerated by the uprising in Jammu and Poonch around September-October 1947. it was during this period of struggle that Provisional Republican Government of Kashmir (Azad Kashmir Government) was formed on 4th October 1947. On that day the patriotic members of the Muslim Conference assembled at Paris Hotel in Rawalpindi to form a revolutionary government of Kashmir. After several meetings and long deliberation the draft declaration was eventually finalized. The cabinet of this government consisted of:
Khwaja Ghulam Nabi Gilkar (Anwar)-Presedent
Sardar Mohammad Ibrahim Khan - Prime Minister
Nazir Hussain Shah - Finance Minister
Mr Aleem - Education Minister
Mr. Karkhana - Industry Minister
Mr. Fahim - Agriculture Minister

Muzaffarabad was made as headquarters of the Provisional Republican Government. In this connection another meeting was held at Persian Hotel on 5th October. About 200 Kashmiris participated this meeting and all agreed to the declaration and offered their full support and assistance to the newly born Independent Republican Government of Kashmir.

On 4th and 5th October 1947, Radio Pakistan broadcast the declaration of the Provisional Government repeatedly. The declaration was also published in several newspapers.
The Civil and Military Gazette Lahore of 8th October 1947 writes:
Provisional Republican Government for Kashmir Muslim Conference Leaders Announcement
"A provisional Republican Government has
been set up for Kashmir State with headquarters at
Muzaffarabad in Kashmir territory 20 miles from
Pakistan border, according to the telegram received from
Rawalpindi on Saturday night. The message which is
signed by Mr. Anwar who describes himself as the
President of Provisional Republican Government of
Kashmir state, with the termination of paramountcy of
the Biritsh Crown the ruling family of Kashmir have lost
whatever rights it claimed under the treaty of Amritsar
(1846) under which Kashmir was transferred by the
British to Maharaja Ghulab Singh a forefather of the
present ruler for a paltry sum of rupees 50 lakhs and that
the payment with headquarters at Muzaffarabad.
The people have set up a Provisional Republican
Government

message further states, if after one a.m. on 4th October 1947, Hari Sing the ...(deposed) Maharaja or any person acting under his orders or instructions claims to rule over the state, he shall be punished according to the laws of the Provisional Government Henceforth all laws, orders and instructions promulgated or issued by the Provisional Republican Government of Kashmir State to be respected and obeyed. Mr. Anvvar is a prominent member of Kashmir Muslim Conference, the president of \\liich is Choudhary Ghulam Abbas and the general secretary Agha Shuwkat Ali (who) have been imprisoned for about a year by the (illegal) Kashmir government, (A.P.I)."

The opportunist politicians of Kashmir overthrew this Provisional Republican Government of Kashmir on 24th October 1947, after 20 days of its birth, in the name of its ‘reconstitution’. They succeeded easily because two days after the formation of the Provisional Republican Government, its President Khwaja Ghulam Nabi Gilkar Anwar rushed to Srinagar. His purpose was to form an underground resistance in the support of the Provisional Government, to arrest deposed and illegal ruler Hari Sing, and to warn Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah against the so-called Kashmir's accession to Bharat.

During the first two weeks of October the armed struggle that started by the people from different areas of the state hindered the return of the founder President back to Muzaffarabad. He was eventually arrested in Srinagar and his absence from Muzaffarabad paved the way for the opportunists to succeed in overthrowing Provisional Republican Government of Kashmir and turning it into a puppet government. Today. The opportunist Kashmir! politicians refuse to accept that the Azad Kashmir Government was set up on 4th October 1947. they continue, shamefully, to celebrate 24th October as the birthday of Azad Kashmir Government Where as the declaration issued with the name of reconstitution of Azad Kashmir Government RECOGNISES the legitimacy of the Provisional Republican Government and the formation of its cabinet. The declaration issued in the name of the reconstitution of the Azad Kashmir Government on 24th October 1947 itself cries out loudly about the true birthday of the Provisional Government that can be seen in 'The Pakistan Times1 of Saturday 25lh October 1947.

It states, 'The Provisional Azad Government which the people of Kashmir had set up- a few weeks ago, with the object of ending intolerable Dogra tyrannies and securing to the people of the state, including Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs, the right of the free self-government has now established its rule over a major portion of the state territory and hopes to liberate the remaining pockets of Dogra rule very soon. In view of this circumstance it has been RECONSTITUTED with Mr. Ibrahim Bar - at - law of Poonch as its provisional head, and its headquarters had been moved to Plundri in Poonch. The RECONSTITUTED government was formed on 24th OCTOBER 1947.

its cabinet consisted of Sardar Mohammad Ibrahim Khan - as President, and other ministers Sayed Ali Ahmed, shah Chaudhary Abdullah Khan Bhali, Khwaja Ghulam Din Vani, Sayed Nazir Hussain Shah and Sana Ullah Shamim."

The declaration issued in the name of the 'reconstitution' of the Provisional Azad Government itself admits the formation of Azad Kashmir Government on 4th October 1947 by stating three factual indicators. The first indicator, 'the Provisional Azad Government which the people of Kashmir set up a few weeks ago' — shows the true birthday of Provisional Republican Government. The term 'RECONSTITUTION' is itself an indicator to prove that the Provisional Republican Government on 4th October 1947. Understandably, the reason for not celebrating 4th October as the true birthday of Azad Kashmir Government lies in the final paragraph of the declaration. It says, 'the question of accession of the state Jammu and Kashmir to either DOMINION can only be decided by free vote by the people in the form of referendum'. This, without any doubt, can be regarded as no less than a historical raid against the legitimacy of the Provisional Republican Government of Kashmir set up on 4"' October 1947 and the basis for changing its political programme.

Thus, the course of struggle from 24th October 1947 onward has been diverted from National Independence to accession first to either Dominion and then with the passage of time to Pakistan. After looking at the declaration issued on 24lh October 1947, one should need no other authoritative statement or material to certify that the Provisional Republican Government of Kashmir or Azad Kashmir Government came into being on 4th October 1947.

Shaukat Maqbool Butt Interviewed By Nadeem in Bradford UK

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Interview of Shaukat Maqbool Butt - 4 Septumber 2011 in Bradford UK
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