Senior leader of All Parties Hurriyat Conference and Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League Sheikh Abdul Aziz was a true and honest leader of Kashmir’s righteous demand of plebiscite who preferred martyrdom but never compromised and bowed before Indian illegal occupation and its might policies in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. A report released by Kashmir Media Service on the 16th martyrdom anniversary of Sheikh Abdul Aziz, today, said that he devoted his whole life for the freedom of Kashmir as per the United Nations resolutions and freedom. The report said the martyred leader, who spent most of his life in jail, fought selflessly for freedom of Kashmir till his last breath and he continues to inspire the Kashmiri people. It said that Sheikh Aziz was a passionate advocate of Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to Pakistan. “Sheikh Aziz and other martyrs are symbols of resistance against brutal Indian illegal occupation. Kashmiris will never forget the sacrifices of their martyrs like Sheikh Aziz.

Kashmiri people value the sacrifices of their martyrs above all other things,” it said. The report said the Kashmiris know that the best way to pay tributes to Sheikh Aziz is to continue his mission till freedom from Indian yoke and they will not take rest till the achievement of this true goal. Sheikh Abdul Aziz was martyred by Indian forces' personnel on this day in 2008 in the Uri area of Baramulla district when he was leading a mammoth march to Azad Jammu and Kashmir against the economic blockade of the Kashmir Valley by Hindutva BJP-RSS extremists in Jammu. The blockade of Jammu by Hindutva organizations Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party was aimed at killing the Kashmiri population by starvation. The situation at that time had created unusual circumstances for the residents of the Kashmir valley, forcing Sheikh Abdul Aziz and other Hurriyat leaders to demand opening of the Srinagar-Rawalpindi road for trade and travel to save the Kashmiri people from hunger and death.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan