MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 7: The chief of his own faction of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, Amanullah Khan, on Thursday said the rulers of India and Pakistan had no moral, political or constitutional right to impose their views on Kashmiris.
In a statement released on Thursday, he said Kashmiris had the right to self-determination and this had been acknowledged by both India and Pakistan. He claimed that Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah had also supported the idea of an independent state of Jammu and Kashmir.
He claimed that Gen Musharraf had also supported an independent Jammu and Kashmir in his address to senior journalists, columnists and intellectuals on Oct 25, 2004. “The right to choose their future course of action belongs only to the Kashmiri people and no outsider has any right to determine their destiny,” the JKLF leader said.
Meanwhile, activists of a student organisation took to the streets here on Thursday, rejecting President Gen Musharraf’s recent proposals on Kashmir.
“No to India, no to Pakistan. We want free Kashmir,” shouted activists of the National Students Federation activists as they marched through the streets of AJK capital.
Wearing red headbands, the protesters were carrying placards and banners inscribed with various slogans. One banner read: “Division of Kashmir unacceptable.”
In an interview with an Indian television channel, Gen Musharraf had proposed a four-point plan to resolve the Kashmir question. “We are against independence (of Kashmir),” he had said.
Mahmood Baig, Zulfiqar Baig, Raja Sabah and other office-bearers of the federation led the rally, which started from Upper Adda and terminated near the press club here.
