Kashmiri people have been struggling for their Independence for 72 years

Birmingham: Special reception in the honour of Mrs Riffat Aziz Member Legislative Assembly Azad Kashmir. Organised by Tehreek e Kashmir Birmingham and it was hosted by Raja Qamar Abbas. Keynote speakers were Mahmood ul Hassan Ch Senior Member Jamat e Islami Azad Kashmir & Gilgit Baltistan, Mrs Riffat Aziz Member Legislative Assembly Azad Kashmir, Mohammed Ghalib President Tehreek e Kashmir Europe, Fahim Kayani President Tehreek e Kashmir UK, Sardar Aftab Khan and others. They expressed their views and stated that the Kashmiri people have been struggling for their Independence for 72 years. Kashmiri don’t accept the so called Line Of Control (LOC) between two parts of Kashmir. They strongly condemned the worsening human rights violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir. They requested the international community to intervene and force India to stop the illegal occupation in Indian Occupied Kashmir and give Kashmiris freedom and their natural right to self determination. Kashmiri’s will continue to strive for their goal by all means. Also present were Iftekhar Ahmed Jugnu, Khawaja Mohammed Arif, Brother Saqib and others. Report by S M IRFAN TAHIR Photojournalist / Member National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Great Britain.