Muzaffarabad: A protest rally was organized under the aegis of Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir to pay homage to the great Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Gillani on his 3rd martyrdom anniversary.
A large number of people from all segments of society participated in the rally named “Continuous Jihad” and chanted slogans inherited from Syed Ali Shah Gillani.
The participants of the rally carried banners on which pictures of Syed Ali Shah Gillani and his sayings were written.
Speakers while addressing rally said that Syed was the founding leader of the Azadi Movement in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
They said that Gillani spent a large part of his life in the freedom struggle of Kashmir and fought an unprecedented struggle for the basic right of self-determination for the Kashmiri people.
They maintained that Gillani even reached the remote areas of Kashmir and Jammu and organized the resistance movement.
They said that Gillani Shaheed always taught respect for people of all religions in the occupied state.
“Gillani always demanded to resolve the Kashmir issue according to the resolutions passed by the United Nations Security Council in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiri people”, they added.
While talking about his lifetime struggle, speakers said that he spent 12 years in Indian jails while last 11 years of his life under house arrest, but did not compromise on the Kashmir Freedom Movement.
“Syed Ali Gillani started a people’s revolution against Indian military occupation in every city and town of Occupied Kashmir”, they said.
They also highlighted the point that Syed Ali Gillani was an ardent supporter of Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to Pakistan.
After the Gillani’s martyrdom, restrictions on travel and internet were imposed in Occupied Kashmir and an FIR was registered against his family members for clothing his body with a Pakistani flag and for raising Kashmir freedom slogans.
Protestants demanded the UNSC and other international organizations to play their role for the solution of Kashmir issue according to wishes and aspirations of Kashmiri people.
Rally was led by Chairman Pasban-e-Hurriyat Uzair Ahmed Ghazali, Shaukat Javed Mir, Raja Aftab Ahmad Khan, Raja Muhammad Arif Khan, Usman Ali Hashim, Chaudhry Muhammad Mushtaq, Qari Bilal Ahmad Farooqui, Ali Muhammad Butt, Abdul Hameed Lone, Chaudhry Muhammad Ismail, Shakir-ul-Islam, Jahangir Khan, Raja Sajeed Khan, Qari Maqbool Rehman, Syed Asif Gillani, Javed Ahmed Mughal, Dr. Muhammad Manzoor and others.
