We Will Not Allow the Sale of Kashmiri Property in Pakistan, Say Political Leaders

Muzaffarabad (Azadi Times): The Kashmiri leadership and people have protested against the establishment of a committee for the sale of Kashmir property by the government of Pakistan. “We will not let this happen in any case; is the formula of Imran Khan and Bajwa doctrine still in play?” Senior leader of the Muslim League (N) and former Minister of Food of Azad Kashmir, Syed Shaukat Shah, strongly protested against the decision to establish a committee for the sale of Kashmir property, calling it an attempt to eliminate the Kashmir issue from its roots.

He termed it a conspiracy, demanding that the Prime Minister of Pakistan and the Army Chief expose the people behind this move, saying, “Our identity is being erased.” He questioned if the government of Pakistan could not even tolerate the abode of the Kashmiri people in Pakistan, who have represented the hallmark of Kashmir in different cities of Pakistan for seventy years and hold the status of national heritage.

Shaukat Shah said, “What are the factors that are leading to the undermining of the Kashmir cause? Let the Prime Minister of Pakistan bring them forward. We are prepared to do anything against this heinous scheme, which seems like the work of an Indian agent within the bureaucracy.” He added that the purpose of declaring Kashmir the “aorta of Pakistan” was not this. “At times, efforts are made to divide Kashmir, and at other times, it is said that Kashmiris are a burden on Pakistan. May God end such hypocritical characters.”

He urged the Kashmiri people and political leadership to unite and raise their voices against these developments. Shaukat Shah reminded everyone that Maharaja Hari Singh had purchased land in Pakistan for the shelter of the Kashmiri people, and it has remained so to this day. “Now, some hypocritical faces in the bureaucracy can’t tolerate it. The independent government must raise this critical issue before the Prime Minister of Pakistan, or else everyone will bear the consequences.”

Meanwhile, former Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Dr. Khalid Mehmood, expressed concern over the formation of the committee to decide the procedure for the sale of the state of Jammu and Kashmir’s property in Pakistan. He appealed to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, to abandon the plan to sell Kashmir’s property in Pakistan and withdraw the notification of the committee’s formation. In his statement, Dr. Khalid Mehmood said that the news of forming a committee headed by the Minister of Kashmir Affairs for the sale of Kashmir property is very dangerous.