Gilgit (Azadi Times) A round table conference organized by Karakoram National Moment and Karakoram Students Organization in a local hotel.
Maulana Sultan Rais, Chairman of Jamhoori Mahaz Engineer Shujaat Ali, Leader of Balawaristan National Front Kalamuddin, Dr. Iqbal Arsalan, Leader of Awami Action Committee Baltistan Fida Hussain Itsar, Leader of Square Youth Mohabbat Ali Bogar, Senior Progressive Leader Engineer Amanullah Khan Awami Workers Party Leader Shernad Shahi, Youth Leader Abrar Baguru, Social Activist and Writer Hidayatullah Akhtar, Zia Ul Haq President Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Karakoram National Moment Chairman Mumtaz Hussain Nagri Advocate, Former Chairman Muhammad Javed, journalists among other activists participated.
Abbas Advocate explained the objectives of the round table conference and said that Gilgit-Baltistan is a disputed region according to the resolutions of the United Nations and the Khalsa government is an important party to the Kashmir issue. In the name of state-sponsored lands being seized by force, there is a conspiracy to impose taxes, the flood victims of Nagar and the earthquake victims of Rondo are forced to live a life of destitution, and the poor people are being looted through power cuts. In order to deal with these situations, there is a need to be organized and mobilized without distinction, color, race, and sect.
The leader of Public Action Committee Baltistan, Fida Hussain Isar, while addressing the round table conference, said that today our lands are occupied by force. Behind-the-scenes preparations are being made to convert the local population into a minority when we are not a part of any state and this Gilgit-Baltistan is a disputed region, why are taxes being imposed? will struggle unitedly against the occupation of lands. Public action k Fida Hussain, Chairman of Mati Gilgit-Baltistan, said that the points which Karakoram National Movement has put in the round table conference today are an important part of the manifesto of the Awami Action Committee.
If our lands, natural resources, and minerals will be seized, we were put in jail, but we did not compromise on national rights. Addressing the conference, the Chairman of Astor Supreme Council, Dr. Abbas said that the only one of all the problems. Solution: Through unity and consensus, injustices can be stopped through resistance through people’s power.
Addressing the conference, the former chairman of the Awami Action Committee Maulana Sultan Rais appreciated the organization of the round table conference by the Karakoram National Movement and emphasized that the nation should be united more than ever in the current situation.
It needs to happen, Ehsan Advocate, founder chairman of Awami Action Committee, while addressing the conference, said that until class discrimination is abolished, the people are controlled by the elites and the 2% capitalists and the elites. 98% of the people are robbing the rights of the people, for which there is a need to form a public council at the union, tehsil, and district level and organize the public movement. From the conference, senior leaders Engineer Amanullah Khan, Engineer Shujaat Ali, Ziaul Haq Jammu, and Kashmir. Liberation Front, Sher Nadir Shahi leader of Awami Workers Party, Zulfiqar Barcha, and Hidayatullah Akhtar also addressed the conference.
The Central Chairman of Karakoram National Movement, Mumtaz Hussain Nagri Advocate, while addressing the conference, thanked all the participants of the conference and former chairman Muhammad Javed presented a declaration that was jointly endorsed:
1 Independent Constituent Assembly should also be established in Gilgit-Baltistan
2. It was demanded to restore the historic roads of Skardu Kargil Astor Srinagar and Muzaffarabad roads.
3 Violation of the state-subject rule should be stopped in Gilgit-Baltistan and state subject rule should be restored.
4 In Gilgit-Baltistan, the imposition of tax on poor people through the Revenue Act was rejected
5 Load-shedding should be eliminated Rejecting the exorbitant increase in electricity bills, it was demanded that electricity should be provided at normal rates.
6. Strongly condemning the occupation of the lands of Gilgit-Baltistan in the name of Khalsa Sarkar, it was demanded that there is no Khalsa Sarkar land in Gilgit-Baltistan.
7 Strongly condemn the forceful seizure of Manawar lands by the Assistant Commissioner in recent days, support the resistance of Manawar youth and demand the immediate withdrawal of the FIR against the youth.
8 Steps should be taken immediately for the rehabilitation of Rondo earthquake victims and Nagar flood victims.
