ISLAMABAD, June 2: An All Parties Conference of some 30 Kashmiri parties on Sunday unanimously demanded that the government should resist pressure to change its Kashmir policy because no solution but one based on the right of self-determination would be acceptable to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

The APC, convened by AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan at Kashmir House, deliberated on the wave of Indian repression and use of force to curb Kashmiri’s demand for self-determination and the situation arising out of the Indian aggression against civilians.

Prominent among the participants were AJK President Sardar Mohammad Anwar, AJK Muslim Conference President Sardar Attiq Ahmed Khan, Ghulam Mohammad Safi and Syed Yusuf Naseem of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Abdur Rashid Turabi of AJK Jamaat-i-Islami, Sahibzada Atiqur Rahman Faizpuri, Maulana Nazir Farooqi, Amanullah Khan, Abdul Majeed, Mohammad Hayat Khan and Prof Mohammad Ashraf Sarraf. No leader from PPP AJK turned up.

It unanimously adopted the following declaration:

“All Parties Kashmir Conference pays rich tributes to the valour and determination of the people of Indian occupied J&K who infused a new life into the Kashmir issue which remained dormant and have thus shattered Indian hopes of bringing the Indo-Pakistan border to the Jhelum/Neelum river.

“The conference deems it necessary to reaffirm its pledge that notwithstanding the level and volume of Pakistan’s support, the Kashmiri people in any case will continue with their struggle for the liberation of Kashmir.

“The conference salutes the courage and grit of the men, women and children of AJ&K who were braving severe Indian hostilities on the Line of Control and were standing like a solid rock between Indian armed forces and the territories of Pakistan.

“The conference holds India responsible for disturbing peace and tranquillity in the region and for creating an unprecedented tension when the armies of both nuclear powers face each other eyeball to eyeball. It becomes imperative to make it known that in case of any eventuality the people of J&K, particularly hundreds of thousands of Mujahideen and ex-servicemen, will stand firmly along with Pakistan army to defend every inch of AJK and Pakistan.

“The conference pays glowing tributes to the leadership of Indian occupied Kashmir and assure them that the people of AJK as well as the kashmiri refugees settled in Pakistan were determined to play a full blooded role in the resistance movement. They well know that the sanctity accorded to the ceasefire line by the United Nations resolution was applicable to the armed forces of India and Pakistan and not to the people of J&K and they were free to move anywhere in their own state.

“The APC of Kashmiri parties reaffirms that the ongoing resistance movement in occupied J&K was in conformity with the canons of UN Charter and thus just and legitimate and the Indian occupation force and their secret agencies themselves carry out acts of terrorism to malign the just struggle of the people.

“It reiterates that no war can ever bring a lasting solution to a dispute like Kashmir, it can only be achieved through peaceful means for which negotiations and across the table talks were a pre-requisite.’’