LAHORE: Kashmir is a bigger issue than fall of Dhaka, “Dhaka slipped out of our hands because the people there were not with us. But the people of Kashmir are with us and they are dying for us”, said Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Sirajul Haq.
He demanded the government summon a joint session of the parliament to make a road map for the freedom of India-administered Kashmir, terming it an issue bigger than the fall of Dhaka.
“It’s not a political issue,” Siraj said and criticized the government for not taking practical steps to get Kashmir freed from Indian occupation.
He said Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech in the United Nations gave hope to the nation that his government would take practical steps. However, Haq added, the government had been “mysteriously” silent since August 27.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government had revoked India-held Kashmir’s special status on August 5. Since then, an unannounced curfew has been imposed in the occupied valley. India has also detained thousands of people, including prominent rights activists and politicians.
The JI leader said his party was organizing a march for Kashmir in Islamabad on December 22. Millions of people from across the country would participate in it, he added.
Courtesy SAMAA
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