SRINAGAR: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over have observed the Jammu Martyrs’ Day today (Saturday) to reaffirm the resolve to continue the martyrs’ mission till the realization of their inalienable right to self-determination.
Hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris were massacred by the forces of Maharaja Hari Singh, Indian army and Hindu extremists in different parts of Jammu region while they were migrating to Pakistan during the first week of November in 1947.
Hurriyat leaders and organizations in their statements, have paid glowing tributes to the Jammu martyrs, said that their blood would not go waste. They said that the martyrs of Jammu had laid down their lives for a sacred cause and their unprecedented sacrifices would not be forgotten. They said that the heartbreaking genocide of the Muslims of Jammu in 1947 was one of the biggest tragedies in the world in which lacs of Muslims were killed.
The leaders and organizations said that the best way to pay homage to the martyrs was to continue their mission till it reached its logical conclusion.
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