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Chairman United Kashmir Peoples NationalParty Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri has awarded prizes to Nawaz Abbasi and Manzar Aqeel

Haider for their appointments at online news paper Jazba International.

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In the Reception President of United Kashmir Peoples National Party M.IshaqKhan, Seno-or leader M.Zubair Khan, Yasir Younas, General Secretary Belgium branch JamilMaqsood, Khan Jabbar Khan of Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party and Nawaz Abbasi Chaiman of

Jazba online news paper are sitting with Charman United Kashmir Peoples National Party

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Brussels:

Chairman United Kashmir Peoples National Party Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri arrivedin Brussels and he was honored to be chief guest in many Party programs and

community meetings. In his public speeches sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri reiteratedhis determination for non-violent struggle for the restoration of democratic,constitutional, socio-economic, cultural and humanr ights of marginalised people of socalled Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan. Replying to question raised by journalistsand community he said that its unfortunate that civil governments dont formulatepro-people policies but they also pursue military directions regarding our region. Theyuse to strengthen their governments on the expense of Kashmiri people. He remindedthe gathering that we have had rejected extremism and communalism in the bestinterest of our people and in the interest of our region at time when no body had dareto stood against those forces which were spreading hatred among the masses. It is

our history and courage that we not only oppose those forces and expose thembefore our people but we also heralded the world community that these so calledwarriors would tunred into a monster one day. Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri stronglyrejected recent elections held in Gigitl Baltistan and said that rulng parties in

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Islamabad have raided and tried to conquer local people, they have announcedcharming slogans and blackmail them due to their poverty and backwardness. Hesaid it is irony of the situation that local and indeginous political parties have beenousted from the democratic electrol process.These are fake elections therefore due toirrelevance of local parties the credability of these elections is not according to adultfranchsie standards in the world today. Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri elaboratedfurther that in a region which is full of natural and mineral resources and have

strategic depth and importance in the region is marginalised and people living thereare forced to be slaves of Pakistani state institutions and their proxies in politicalparties. Replying to a question Mr. Kashmiri told the audiences that if PPP ledgovernment was so confident the she has served local people, then why all thecandidates of GBDA ( Gilgit Baltistan Democratic Alliance ), an amalgam of nationalistpolitical parties were isolated? And most known leaders of the region were arrested.He told the audience that Gilgit Baltistan are taken by Islamabad under a treaty andPakistan has lo locus standi to merge these areas into its terrotory nor she candeclare these areas as her constitutional part. That is why article 370 of constitutionof India recoganises Jammu & Kashmir as state and article 57, of constitution of

Pakitan articulated that The future of Jammu & Kashmir shall be determinedaccording to the freely expressd wishes of Kashmiri people He emphasised onGovernment of Pakistan not to pursue military and security agencies whilearchestrating development policies in the region but to consider local population ashuman beings and their right to education, health, clean drinking water, access tostate institutions, access to daily needs and commoditiesas well as freedom ofthoughts, freedom of assembly and freedom of region must be protected andguarranteed and all discriminatory clauses which were introduced by militarygovernments in differents eras including blasphemy laws must be repalledimmediatley so that every one can enjoy fundamental human rights in the countrywithout any fear and harassment.

Meanwhile addressing Party workers at International secretariat Chairman UnitedKashmir Peoples National Party asked peoples Republic of China not to take theadvantage of the situation in the region and she should refrain of intervention inthese areas in the name of development contracts. These areas are disputed andpresence of foreign elements would further detriorate the whole situation. SardarShaukat Ali Kashmiri emphasised on wolrd powers, global civil society and regionalhuman rights defenders to come forward to pressurise these elements who wanted to

divide our motherland just to safe guard their own interests. He reminded bothchineese and Pakistani officials that with safeguarding national interest of the peopleof former princely state their national interest cant be saved. The only way forwardis to recoganise Jammu & Kashmir as country and safety of our natural resources andsovereignty of those resouces to the people of that region. M.Ishaq khan presidedover the meeting while Jamil Maqsood was the moderator.

Issued by

Jamil Maqsood

General Secretary

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United Kashmir Peoples National Party ( Belgium)