Srinagar, Nov 19 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik said Shaheed I Hurriyat sheikh Abdul Hameed, Shaheed Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, Shaheed advocate Jamil Chowdry and others who laid down their lives for freedom of Jammu Kashmir are our heroes who through their sacrifice wrote down a new chapter of resilience and resistance. Whosoever thinks of defeating a movement nourished by the sacred blood of martyrs like these is living in fool’s paradise.
According to a statement issued to KNS, a condolence cum prayer meeting was today held at JKLF headquarters Srinagar in memory of Shaheed I Hurriyat sheikh Abdul Hamid and other martyrs including Shaheed Mushtaq Ahmad lone, Shaheed Advocate Jamil Chowdhry, Shaheed Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh, Shaheed Mushtaq Ahmad Kuttay, Shaheed Mustaq Ahmad khan and Shaheed Ghulam Mohammad who embraced martyrdom at Aali kadal Srinagar on 19th Nov 1992. The meeting was attended by various JKLF leaders and activists.
While remembering Shuhada I Aalikadal and also Gulam Nabi Butt younger brother of Shaheed father of nation Muhammad Maqbool Butt who departed this world on the same date, Yasin Malik said that these great souls nourished the struggle for freedom with their blood and sacrificed their today for our tomorrow. He said that history bears a witness to the fact that till date no freedom struggle has been defeated by oppression and tyranny and those who are daydreaming of defeating this sacred movement, nourished by the sacred blood of martyrs are actually living in a fool’s paradise.
Yasin Malik said that that sheikh Abdul Hamid Shaheed and his companions embraced martyrdom and spilled their sacred blood into the waters of Jhelum, turned it red and thus wrote a new chapter of sacrifices and struggle.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelHe said that today when we area remembering these great men, we pledge to take forward their mission to its desired goal.
While remembering his childhood friend Shaheed sheikh Abdul Hamid, Yasin Malik said that he was a great friend and companion who always stood in front and endured every difficulty and hardship that came his way with a smile on his face. Recalling the sacrifices and struggle of Ghulam Nabi Butt (Marhoom), who was the younger brother of Shaheed father of nation Muhammad Maqbool Butt and who left for heavenly abode on the same date, Yasin Malik said that he belonged to a family that knows only struggle and sacrifices and till his last breath stood for the freedom of this nation.
JKLF chairman also prayed for his heavenly abode. At the end a prayer meeting was held for martyrs of Jammu Kashmir especially for those who fell to the bullets of blood thirsty occupational forces of India during last 135 days.
Yasin Malik has also condoled the demise of Ali Muhammad Khanday the brother of Abdul Hamid Khanday of Sumbal. (KNS)