Kashmir's APHC denounces Shaikh Aziz's arrest
Pakistan Times Kashmir Desk

SRINAGAR: All Parties Hurriyat Conference while condemning the arrest of Senior APHC leader Shaikh Abdul Aziz and his associate Ghulam Nabi Darzi in New Delhi urged human rights and justice loving organizations to pressurize India for immediate release of arrested Kashmiri leaders.

The condemnation of Shiakh Aziz's arrest was voiced at a press conference addressed by Hurriyat leader Mohammad Salim Zargar in Srinagar on Saturday. Other Hurriyat Conference leaders Mukhtar Ahmad Sufi, Mian Manzoor Ahmad, Advocate Abdul Hamid and Perviaz Ahmad Dar were also present at the press conference.

Salim Zargar said that Shaikh Abdul Aziz had gone to New Delhi for medical treatment and to inquire about the health of APHC chairman Syed Ali Gilani where he was arrested by the Indian police after framing false charge against him. Zargar added, that India was bent upon stifling the freedom movement of Kashmir by harassing and arresting Kashmiri leader through its secret agencies.

APHC considers the arrest of Shaikh Aziz and Ghulam Nabi Darzi a pre-planned conspiracy, he added.

Salim Zargar reiterated that APHC firmly believed in resolving the Kashmir issue in accordance with U.N resolutions and through tripartite dialogue. Hurriyat Conference will never allow any conspiracy to succeed against political resolution of the issue and was determined to continue its struggle till its logical end, he added.

He stressed all Kashmiri leaders including Shaikh Abdul Aziz besides Masrrat Aalam, Firdous Ahmad Shah, Shabbir Ahmad Khan, Zamruda Habib, Mohammad Ashraf Laya, General Musa, Ghulam Ahmad Mir and Ghulam Nabi Najjar should be immediately released from jails.

Peoples League office searched

In occupied Kashmir, the office of Peoples League at Rajbagh, Srinagar was searched thoroughly by an Indian special police team. This followed the arrest of senior Hurriyat leader and Peoples League chairman Shaikh Abdul Aziz by Indian police in New Delhi.

Meanwhile, All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani condemned in strongest terms the arrest of Shaikh Abdul Aziz. Gilani said in an interview in New Delhi, "only two days ago, the government of India showed flexibility by agreeing to start bus service from Srinagar to Muzaffarabad but today again it is continuing with the atrocities and human rights abuses on the people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The arrest is highly condemnable," the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chief said.

He also condemned the recent arrests of Mohammad Ahsan Untoo, Mohammad Yousuf Mir and Ghulam Nabi Najjar all belongiand demanded their immediate release.●