JK.NSF Convention held in Kotli on 24-25 Dec.2008
Jammu Kashmir National Student Federation (JK.NSF) is no doubt the largest and oldest progressive student organization in (POK) Pakistan occupied Kashmir which had formed on 22nd September 1966.
It has organizational set up and units in all over Pakistani occupied Kashmir and branches in majore cities of Pakistan,where kashmiri students come for the purpose of getting education as there is no facilities of education in colony of Pakistan ,which has been given the name "Azad Kashmir" but in practice it can be any thing else except a free kashmir.
Since its inception JKNSF undertook a constant struggle for not only the rights of students, but also for national emancipation, the oppressed classes and to set up a society free from all sorts of exploitation. This is the only organization that never compromised, betrayed or played in the hands of agencies and foreign occupant forces and this is the reason of being target by the usurpers.
Struggle of JKNSF is for an independent, secular socialist Kashmir based on scientific methods & subjective conditions of Kashmir.JK.NSF strongly believed in peaceful methods to achieve the cause and reject any sort of violence in struggle,despite the brutal acts made by the agencies and govtʼs authorities ,JKNSF never reacted in same way and set an example of tolerance in politics.It should be noted that many of NSF office bearers were brutally slaughtered by the local puppet Govtʼs agents,one of them is the general secretary,Faheem Akram who was stabbed to death.
JK.NSF struggle is consist around more than 4 decades and today mostly nationalist and progressive leadership and cadre have the background from NSF.
Despite being student organization it played a significant role in national emancipation political movement as an alternat to a revolutionary mass party,a mass party which always played important role in all world revolutions. However this burning question & debate was always existing within the comrades that to have a party which can later on preserve the produced cadre and the vital importance of a revolutionary mass party as itself ,being considered the limited role of students.
After the inception of JKPNP in 1985,which was first ever national democractic organization in POK,strarted to strengthened and built the roots among the masses ,a small faction of comrades from NSF strengthened their ties with newly formed party ,while the mainstream was still maintained independent status.While the debate for a party was still kept on.After passing few years, a debacle occurred within JKPNP which resulted in the formation of a new party UKPNP,this walloping dashed the hopes of comrades.
JKNSF after observing and having long experiences consisting on more than four decades that without having a revolutionary mass organization their struggle will produce no result,which inclined the comrades to form a party ,the decision took place in 1995/96 and Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party (JKNAP) came into being,it was the scientific step & decision taken place during the entire earlier decades.
During this period a small number of members from within NSF got influenced by Trotskyism after an intrusion by the Trotskytes from PPP,however such elements got fiasco in convention which later on compelled them to form a separate faction
with the name of NSF but with the help of PPP.
In the meantime a small & weak section of members also got roots from CWI and started to strengthened their ties with CWI ( which is too a faction of Trotskytes) ,so they got assistance from LPP of Pakistan.but they remained isolated within one district.They dissolved their faction prior to this convention held in Kotli Dec.2008.
Whether CWI,CMI or IMT ,Trotskyism couldnʼt strengthened itʼs roots within NSF despite having a huge financial aid from NGOs and other flood of literature.However still a small faction of Trotskytes maintained their faction with the help of PPP, while the pro-CWI has merged themselves.
JK.NSF is the symbol of resistance in POK against occupied forces of Pakistan,when during the decade 1970,Z.A Bhutto did conspiracy to make the POK as 5th province of Pakistan,NSF strongly resisted and reacted to make failure this attempt.Thatʼ s why pak establishment and her ally forces in POK always tried to act upon the policy of suppression while filing the cases of insurrection against the members of NSF,alongwith this they also acted upon the policies of torture,kidnapping and killing which resulted in the death of many comrades by the local puppet ruling class.
After the sour-revolution of april 1978 in Afghanistan leaded by PDPA,capitalist forces of west alarmed and felt a threat of socialist change and advancement in the region ,to create impediments in the way of progress and make failure the sour-revolution, CIA joined hands with ISI and started a new game in the region in the shape of producing militants to wage a war against revolution.During Zia regime this region was under severe grip of such warlike forces in the shape of state backed religious fanatics,who were creating a threat for secular values and communal hatred was spreading,it was not confined till Pakistan only but also in POK,at that crucial juncture of history it was JK.NSF who countered these forces of hate mongers on the basis religion within educational institutions and outside and kept high the red flag and banner of socialism and educated the students for secular and progressive ideology and thoughts,otherwise the entire society could have enwrapped by the imperialist made fanatics forces.
After set Afghanistan into fire,godfathers of holy war were in the quest of new battle ground and to engage the production of Jihadis which were produced during so-called Afghan Jihad.They succeeded to found such place in the shape of valley of Kashmir.
After the election of 1987 in Indian held Kashmir,where Muslim United Front badly failed in election,while angry youngsters crossed over the border,arrived in POK,got training by ISI and sent back to fight,that was the turning point of the current proxy war.
JK.NSF keeping in view the history and policies of Pakistanʼs establishment, specially the role in Afghan war and earlier in Bangla Desh,strongly rejected the methodology of such un-declared war backed by one occupier to fulfil her own agenda and ego and to create a justification of the ideology of Pakistanʼs creation by seting up an atmosphare of communal hatred in valley of Kashmir.It was also analysed at that time that it is only an effort by Pakistan to distract the attention of masses from his own occupied areas ,POK and Gilgit Baltistan where Pakistan himself violated the same rights which he is demanding for IHK people,and it was just to throw duest into the eyes of innocent masses and world community.
The lesson of the history is there to read,words spoken at that time,now proved.
When the proxy war was on full swing,an emotional atmosphare was set up,
Jihadi anthem were warming the hearts of emotional & innocent youngsters,that was the time to enlighten the masses about the real plots and policies of establishment. Though a small section from NSF also joined hands with such forces but later on they confessed their mistakes, but the genuine workers did accurate analyses of the future of such movements.
NSF through all the emotional and bad times crossed over successfully, todayʼs global circumstances endorses the accuracy of correct prediction and analyses made at that time.Now Pakistan is passing through a crucial time and whatever was sow in past is there to reap,holy wariros of past are not terrorists of today.
JKNSF held itʼs annual convention on 24-25 Dec.2008 at Kotli,which was the largest ever convention of itʼs history where estimated more than 6000 people gathered,specially the students all over Pokʼs colleges,the city was decorated by red flags and red banners,processions arrived in Kotli from all parts of Kashmir,close session started at 11:30 ,which carried on the whole night,till early morning,on 25th of Dec, general council through democratic process elected new office bearers,after the completion of body,a huge ralley was moved within the city,later on, the new president JK.NSF ,Raja Saba ,JK.NAP president Javed Sharif and Liaquat Hayyat addressed the students and masses and vowed that JK.NSF & JKNAP will carry on their struggle for re-unification, independent socialist Kashmir.
Following are the new elected office bearers:
President : Raja Saba
S.V President Jawad Anwar
General Secretary Nasir Akaash
Dep.General Secretary Sadaqat Hasrat
Joint Secretary Raja Zafar
Chief Organizer Hamza Siddique
Deputy organizer Yasir Ashfaque
Secretary Information Atif Janoon
Finance Secretary Farjad Awan
Chairman study circle Mumtaz Faisal
The videos and snaps of the programme will be produced shortly.
