LAHORE: Leaders of political and religious parties have condemned a treason case against Dukhtaran-i-Millat chairperson Syeda Asiya Andrabi for hoisting a Pakistani flag in held Kashmir to celebrate the Pakistan Day.

They say she has not hoisted the Pakistani flag on the Indian soil as Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory which is occupied by the Indian armed forces against the wishes of its people.

Jamaatud Dawa emir Hafiz Saeed, retired Lt-Gen Hameed Gul, All-Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Ghulam Muhammad Safi, Muslim League-Z leader Ijazul Haq and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Ejaz Chaudhry also criticised the case.

They said the treason case was an example of Indian state terrorism against Kashmiri people who had a great love for Kashmir and Pakistan.

The hoisting of flag and reciting Pakistani national anthem by a Kashmiri in Kashmir was no crime, rather it is their moral and legal right under the United Nations resolutions, they add.

Published in Dawn, March 26th, 2015

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