JK NAP held its peaceful rallies all over POK cities.

Jammu Kashmir National Awami party ( JK NAP) began its mass agitation on August 6th, 2009. The rallies were held in all over POK cities and towns on Thursday August 6Th, major protest rally was held in Rawalakot city, where local POK Govt illegally arrested seven JK NAP and JK NSF leaders including central president of JK NAP Sardar Liaqat Hayyat on July 19Th, 2009 without any prior arrest warrants. JK NAP, JK NSF leaders have been held indefinitely since 19Th July, only their sin was holding anti state accession to Pakistan rallies. The day local POK Govt also had official rally in Rawalakot city where most of the POK Govt and ruling party Muslim conference elites had gatherings to show loyalties to their masters in Islamabad. JK NAP parallel rallies did provoke them and their ISI secret bosses and secret orders had issued by state secret agencies to local administration to arrest JK NAP leaders and activists. Protest rally in Rawalakot last Thursday demanded that JK NAP leaders must be released immediately, therefore, they had done nothing wrong nor they had violated any state law holding rallies in POK cities. A large procession in Rawalakot was led by former JK NAP president Sardar Javed Shariff advocate, Sardar Shamshad Khan advocate secretary General Jammu Kashmir Peoples National party ( JK PNP), Sardar Sabir Khan advocate JKLF ( R ), Sardar Qadir Khan, Sadar Aabdul Hamid Khan advocate, students leaders from progressive organizations of degree college Rawalakot city also participated in the protest rally. Sardar Javed Shariff advocate while addressing rally said that JK NAP prisoners must release immediately, because they have been booked by local Govt only to harass them, it has been the unstated policy of local Govt to please Islamabad suppressing local pro peoples leaders and activists. Sardar Shamshad Khan advocate said that this Govt has been violating human rights while putting political activists in jail without any reason, this state of affairs are not acceptable to any one here in this area of Pakistani occupied Kashmir which is no doubt Pakistani colony in any political sense. Mostly speakers demanded JK NAP, JK NSF leaders and activists immediately.

Rallies were also held in other cities, Muzafrabad, Bagh, Mirpur,Kotli, processions, protest marches, demonstrations were taken out in these cities. Rallies were addressed by JK NAP, JK NSF leaders and activists along with other leaders of JK PNP, JK NLF,JKLF, students leaders, trade unionists, intellectuals and progressive organizations all over POK. Protest leaders reiterated that these Mass rallies will continue as log as JK NAP and JK NSF leaders are in jail. Mass agitation will not stop until Govt release JK NAP leaders, Abdul Sattar Khan advocate central secretary General of JK NAP said while addressing a mass rally in Bagh city. JK NAP secretary general said that local puppet Govt is trying to test our patience but JK NAP is committed to its non violence policy and mass agitations will be completely peaceful, even though, secret agencies have been trying to turn them violent so that they can punish more JK NAP activists. JK NAP and JK NSF always have been believed in peaceful struggle, even we had lost so many activists during this peaceful struggle, Govt with the help of secret agencies have murdered JK NSF activists including one of JK NSF central secretary Generals comrade Faheem Akram but we kept our struggle peaceful and non violent, Govt never had spared JK NAP and JK NSF activists always used state power against our peaceful struggle. It has been our strength not weakness and our struggle will continue and our people know very well that JK NAP has been standing with them as long as they are subjugated by two neighboring countries and corrupt local ruling elites. JK NAP will resist upper class right wing conspiracies against our suppressed people and continue struggle for justice, freedom, peace and system based on social, political, economic equality. JK NAP will never let down its people and stands with them and JK NAP leadership has jailed for them but we are not afraid of these suffering and going to jail. JK NAP leaders are committed its cause.


Issued by,
International Council JK NAP.