KARACHI: Kashmiris’ struggle

Published January 6, 2003

KARACHI, Jan 5: Azad Kashmir Anjuman Naujawanan-i-Islam (ANI) Secretary-General Malik Shabbir Ahmed Kashmiri said on Sunday that the time had come to give the Kashmiri people their right to self-determination.

Speaking at a protest meeting held by the Azad Kashmir ANI to mark the Day of Self-Determination for the people of occupied Kashmir, Malik Shabbir expressed the hope that Kashmir would be liberated soon.

It was time for India to bow before the world’s demand to give the right to self-determination to the Kashmiri people, he said.—APP

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