Kashmiris’ sacrifices not to go waste: Shabbir Shah

Srinagar, January 02" Senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Shabbir Ahmed Shah has said that Kashmiris’ unparalleled sacrifices, which had centre-staged the Kashmir dispute at the global level, will not be allowed to go waste.

Shabbir Ahmed Shah in a statement issued in Srinagar paid rich tributes to the Sopore martyrs who were killed on 6th January in 1993. Over 50 persons were martyred, some of them roasted alive, and more than 350 structures were gutted on that day after Indian troopers set the entire town ablaze. The senior APHC leader maintained that the liberation movement would continue till the Kashmir dispute was resolved in accordance with the Kashmiris’ aspirations.

APHC leader, Nayeem Ahmed Khan in a statement issued in Srinagar ridiculed the claims of pro-India politicians about peace in the occupied territory. He said that silence of graveyard was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir at gunpoint.

On the other hand, the occupation authorities placed Hurriyet leader, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai under house arrest in Srinagar, today. The veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, who is in New Delhi, in a statement strongly denounced the action.