Historic resolution called for the Accession of the State of Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan

Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyet Conference led by incarcerated Chairman Mirwaiz Dr Umar Farooq in a statement said that 19th July is of special significance in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. On this day in 1947, true representatives of Kashmiris unanimously passed the resolution of Jammu and Kashmir’s Accession to Pakistan during a meeting of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference at Srinagar.

The resolution called for the Accession of the State of Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan in view of its existing religious, geographical, cultural and economic proximity to Pakistan and aspirations of millions of Kashmiri Muslims.

The resolution was adopted following the Partition Plan where under the princely States were free to accede to either of the two newly established countries, Pakistan and India. The decision of 19th July 1947 was a testimony to the fact that the people of Kashmir had linked their future with Pakistan.