JAMMU KASHMIR NATIONAL AWAMI PARTY - JKNSF -IC JKNAP: June 2009

Jammu Kashmir National Awami party ( JK NAP) held its new elected body,s meeting in Rawalpindi. Meeting was president over by its central president Liaqat Hayyat. Party new elected leadership deliberated on party affairs, prevailing political situation in POK and discussed how party will be preparing itself to handle the changing pollitical situation in south Asian region. JK NAP central body made the following decisions.

1- JK NAP district bodies conventions must be held before the month of september 2009.

2-Didtrict Poonch will hold its convention on July 13th, 2009.

3- International council JK NAP will complete its units as soon as possible and will hold its convention to form its next body.

4- Three members finance committee has been formed..

5- JK NAP new central cabinet has approved separation from APNA, unanimously, which was decided by previous cabinet with consensus.

6- Party has decided to expand its discussion how to go in to POK election process.

7- Dharna on LOC will be further debated and grand meeting will be held on these two issues, election and Dharna.

8- Party will begin its membership campaign all over POK from next week.

9- JK NAP nominated four National Council members, Raja Mahmood, Bashir Qurashi, Arshid Malik and Javed Shariff.

JK NAP discussed prevailing political situation in POK and shown great concern that Pakistan is preparing itself to use section 56 to dismiss POK Govt and JK NAP would resist it, therefore, it has happened so many times and we did resist it and will do it again. JK NAP wants Pakistani state to respect our right of vote, no one except POK voters should have been allowed to remove our elected Govts. It is unfortunate that our POK Govts always try to make Islamabad,s rulers happy, they have never cared about their voters demands. Islamabad controls this region with its strong military means and unelected civilian institutions. JK NAP has never been accepted these undemocratic institutions nor draconian laws imposed by Pakisttani state against the will of our people. JK NAP new leadership vowed to fight out all these injustices and will be struggling to bring about the positive changes and will establish fair democratic and transparent system for every one.

Sonny Wattan Gilgit Batistan held first Gilgit Baltistan National conference in New york with the cooperation of Jammu Kashmir National Awami party (JK NAP). Conference was attended by the representatives of Pakistani political parties, social organizations, human rights activists, charity organization and leaders and members of Kashmiri nationalist parties. Among them senior politician and prominent Nationalist leader of JKLF Raja Muzaffar, Raja tariq JK NLF, Javed Inayat JK NAP, Malika Baltistani, Muhammad Nasim Astori, president of Sonny Wattan Gilgit Baltistan and organizer of this conference, Imtiaz Hussain, Akbar Khan, Mumun Shah,Javed Iqbal, Zahra Shah, and Rooma also moderators of the conference, Mrs Nisar, Ferkhanda and many more. Media people, intellectuals from north America also participated. Pakistani political parties were represented by Agha Afzal Khan, Sardar Nassrullah, PML F, Shahid Hayyat, Dr. Maqsood Jaffri, prominent intellectual, writer , poet, retired professor Garden college Rawalpindi, former secretary POK PM also spoke at the conference. Among Media persons, Geo TV, ARY, AAJTAK TV, BBC reporter and local news papers reporters also took part in this conference. Although, conference was limited to the only members of Media persons, representatives of political parties, intellectuals and a few community members but former Republican deputy mayor from New jersey state and democratic candidate for comptroller of new york state Soil Ejaz also spoke to the audience and promise to help restoring basic democratic rights of this unfortunate region of former northern province of state of Jammu kashmir.

Malika Baltistani:
She lashed out at the Pakistani state authorities and detailed Pakistan,s ill treatment of the region, depriving people of Gilgit Baltistan their basic human rights, right of self determination, most importantly looting,pillaging their resources, imposing unwanted bureaucrats from NWFP and Punjab province and treating locals as an occupied area. Malika Baltistani spoke so eloquently, expressed herself so diligently and even surprised lot of audience, presenting the case of Gilgit Baltistan. Mostly Pakistani representatives of political parties and media people got so up set, when they learned how Pakistani state has been treating this region. Malika said that this the region of Gilgit Baltistan which has been keeping Pak China friendship since 6 decades but what people of this have got in return of all these sacrifices since so long. It is the region which is providing the route towards central Asia and also it is a gate way to the world and people of this region do know the importance of their area and kept quiet since so long. She said that this region has been exporting so many minerals, precious stone but none of the persons is from this region, it is clearly looting and misusing of our natural resources. Gilgit Baltistan has been provided trade route to Pakistan and now it has more importance after Gawadar port has been built. Malika said that we have lost 17 hundred soldiers during India Pakistan Kargil war but have not yet even received our children,s dead bodies, they belong to NLI. Malika also criticized POK leadership, who has not been supportive of our basic democratic rights, so how can we live with them who have deprived us from our rights and sided with exploiters. She out rightly rejected POK type Govt for the region and said that it would not work out for the Gilgit Baltistan and suggested that Independent Gilgit Baltistan state would be a viable solution to the problems of this region. She said that Punjab has been made greener with our water but we are still deprived of basic human necessities, dams have been started building in the region to displace our people from sakardu and many places in Gilgit area. She said that there is no education system for our children, minister of Kashmir affairs visited only once for 4 hours during 18 months period and did not like meet our shool children in Sakardu. She said that she is a rebellious woman and go in to every street to wake up her people to stand for their rights.

Raja Muzaffar:

Raja Muzaffar senior politician from POK and prominent Nationalist leader of JK LF came up with clear stand of his party and said that it is very important to look at the Gilgit Baltistan region with its historical perspectives and we should not deny its historical relationship with the state of Jammu Kashmir. Raja Muzaffar said that Gilgit Baltistan problem has three aspects, legal, political and administrative. Administrative issues must be solved immediately as per with the wishes of local people and given them right to run their own affairs locally, we completely support all efforts and steps taken in this regard. There is a legal position of this region and no one can deny it, nor can not be brush aside through administrative changes. Legally this region is an integral part of Jammu Kashmir state, this region has long history sharing with Kashmir state since centuries and we the people of Jammu Kashmir would love to maintain this historical relationship with the people of this region again but it would be up to the people of this region to decide what they have aspirations, we would not decide for them nor impose our wishes on them, they are the one who have the final say not POK parties and people. Raja muzaffar said that he him self was expelled from Gilgit Baltistan so many times during his political visits to this region and never allowed to meet his people in the region, therefore, pro independence political parties of POK have never been forgotten this deprive region of our divided state. Raja Muzaffar said that we have been forced not to make any interaction with the people of this region. Raja Muzaffar also made it clear that in POK we have a dummy Govt, just to show off the world, in reality there is little administrative difference between the two regions. Azad Kashmir, in fact is not Azad ( not free) and no body can deny this fact. Raja Muzzaffar said that our struggle will continue until all regions of Kashmir get their right of self determination.

Dr. Masood Jaffri:

Dr. Maqsood Jaffri an intellectual, poet, writer of many books including on Kashmir and former secretary of POK PM said that when he was secretary of POK PM he had an experience with ministry of Kashmir affairs, when he was deputed by PM to go Gilgit Baltistan to help disaster affected people of this region but ministry of Kashmir affairs did not allow him to go there. He also said that neither politicians from POK nor beau crates have ever been allowed to visit the region. He said that it is very unfortunate that people of this region have been represented by none and they should have been living in better conditions.

Imtiaz Hussain:

He said that it is still not known that who we are what are our rights. Our identification is unknown, our nationality is still not decided after 62 long years. He said that if there would be unrest in near future, it would be the direct out come of these policies of Pakistani state and treatment meted out to the people of this region.

Siraj Bhat:

He himself from Gilgit region and have been experiencing since long time and trying to understand that what we have done wrong to the country, which has been depriving us our basic human rights. He said that it is too late now and our patience has been getting out of hand, our peaceful struggle has not been recognized yet nor our rights have been accepted yet which is forcing us to rethink that how we can get our rights, therefore, peaceful means have not been working for us.

Javed Inay:IC JKNAP

Coordinator International council Jammu kashmir National Awami party IC (JK NAP) said that his party also likes to maintain historical links and historical relationships with the people of this region but therefore, we do support every right of this region including their right of self determination and right of separate homeland from Kashmir but this decision must be made by the people of the region, neither our party accepts any solution imposed by our occupiers nor likes to impose any like minded solution on the people of this region, even we do accept them part of our body. People of Gilgit baltistan have been deprived right of vote, right of assembly,right of expression and the region is lacking genuine system of Judiciary, parliament, necessary political institutions, every thing must be restored as soon as possible. JK NAP will always stand with the people of this region whenever they our support. He said that Karachi pact should be immediately nullify, it has been depriving basic rights of the region, it is unjust, unreasonable and unacceptable to the region. Javed Inayat said that people of POK also have been deprived of right of vote, we have so called assembly which only represents our occupiers not our people and we never wish that kind for the region of Gilgit Baltistan. The new package is coming soon for the region which would be different from POK and it should be rejected by every freedom loving person. Our suggestion is joint parliament with POK and senate instead of Kashmir council with equal representatives from both side, but every thing should be approved by the people of that region.

Muhammad Nasim Astori:

He is from Gilgit region of Astor, president of Sonny Watttan Gilgit Baltistan and main organizer of the conference. Nasim Astori said that we belong to the region which has every thing, full with natural resources but our people have been deprived of all things, even basic necessities of life. He said that Govt of Pakistan still not restored basic Judiciary system, educational institutions, right of vote has not been given to us in this 21st century. We have been forced to live in dark ages. Nasim Astori said that dams will displace so many people and there has not been any preparation so far, it will create chaotic situation for the region, who are already deprived of every thing. He said that today we are announcing this campaign against our injustices, deprivations. We will take this case to every nation, every diplomat, every political organization, social, human rights organization, every intellectual and journalist and we will continue until we get our long due national, political, cultural, religion and human rights. Next conference will be organized soon to bring together intellectuals and journalists from different countries to high light the plight of our people. The following resolutions were concluded through consensus.

1- Karakorum highway should made safer from religious extremists and miscreants.

2- The idea of Independent Gilgit Baltistan state must be considered.

3- Murderers of Assad Zaidi deputy speaker of NALA must be arrested and brought to justice. His family must be compensated at least one crore Rupees.

4- Retired Judges from different areas of Pakistan must be removed from the jobs and local candidates must be given these jobs.

5- Regional assembly must be established with its full authority.