By Nayyer N Khan (IC JKNAP USA)
Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party (JKNAP) was founded on 22nd July 1995 in Pakistani Occupied Kashmir by the leadership of JKNSF in tandem with the former leaders of the organization and outstanding nationalists and leftists of POK. JKNAP is a continuation of ideological struggle belongs to Jammu Kashmir National Students Federation (JKNSF) from students politics to mass party (approved by the General Council (GC) of JKNSF on 13th, 14th October 1995 at Rawalakote POK). JKNAP believes on peaceful and non violent political struggle for the reunification of forcibly divided State of Jammu Kashmir, institute a sovereign nation state, and promote secular democracy, rule of law and an exemplary system of governance free of exploitation and discrimination's on the basis of race, religion, colour and creed. Gradually moving towards a classless society where each gets according to his work and then according to their needs.We will moving forward with the slogan,
WORKERS OF THE WORLD ARE UNITE.
JKNAP believes that both India and Pakistan have occupied the State of Jammu Kashmir illegally, immorally and unethically and demands that both India and Pakistan must pull out their forces of occupation from the entire State of Jammu Kashmir. JKNAP is a popular icon of political resistance in Pakistani Occupied Kashmir against the unjust treatment of Kashmiri people by the civil and military bureaucracy of Islamabad and their surrogate colonial aides in POK.
JKNAP demands the intervention of International Institutions like United Nations in accordance with its charter not the resolutions adopted by its controversial commission UNCIP and urges UN to play its centric role for promoting and implementing the basic norms of its founding document “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (UDHR 1948) in the State of Jammu Kashmir. Besides its strong presence in POK JKNAP politically co-ordinates with the secular and democratic political movements in Pakistani Occupied Gilgit Baltistan (POGB) and Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK)
In order to enhance its political momentum with the co-ordination of party members residing in different regions of the world, the National Council (NC) of the party made a decision on 16th June 2007 at Rawalpindi to launch its worldwide political struggle among Kashmiris by the name of International Council Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party (ICJKNAP). Presently (as of 2009) ICJKNAP has its party branches and party cadre in UK, Western Europe, Middle East., North America, Asia Pacific, South Africa and Australia.
Peoples Democratic Revolution,Socialism and
the World Peace is Axis of our Struggle.
International Council Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party (ICJKNAP)
