JK NAP announced Feb 23rd, protest day in POK over the Chilass killings.

Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party (JK NAP) president Liaqat Hayyat condemned state terrorism in Gilgit baltistan area of Chilass and announced that Feb 23rd would be a protest day in all over POK cities, towns and villages under the banner of JK NAP. JK NAP president said that Pakistani security forces have killed 2 innocent people and injured 12, some of them are in very critical conditions. People of the area were protesting over the building of Basha dam in their area and demanding that they must be compensated before they made homeless as Pakistani state has done to the people of Mangla dam affectees and never compensated them since 4 decades. JK NAP leaders have stunned over the killing of Basha dam affectees, who were protesting over the injustices have done to them by govt of Pakistan. It is not surprising for us, as people of Pakistani occupied Kashmir have long time been experiencing these injustices in their own area where Govt of Pakistan and its secret agencies have been established their own secret Govt and people have been treated like colonized people. JK NAP leaders are protesting over these brutal killings of innocent people of Chilass. JK NAP completely supports the demands of local people of Gilgit Baltistan and urges Govt of Pakistan do not build Basha dam as long as this territory is disputed and Pakistan has not been allowed to build any thing on this internationally recognized area of Jammu Kashmir state. Pakistani security forces have opened fire on the peaceful protesters, what a democracy and empowerment plan has been given to the people of Gilgit Baltistan by this Govt, even people of this area can not protest against injustices going on with them. JK NAP will take out processions, protest marches and public rallies all over POK to make people of this area aware what has been going on to the people of Gilgit Baltistan. We both are the victims of the same enemy and have been occupied by the same country and our struggle is one and we never let people of Gilgit Baltistan alone in this national liberation struggle. JK NAP president demanded that those who have been killed by the firing of security forces in Chilass during protest rally must be compensated by pakistani state not what Pakistani state is ready to give them but what ever is the demand of the Basha dam action committee. JK NAP supports Basha dam action committee and demands that affectees must be paid 10 lakh Rupees not what Govt has suggested 5 lakh Rupees.

Meanwhile, International Council JK NAP leaders have also condemned the brutal killings of peaceful protesters in Chilass. IC JK NAP coordinator Javed Inayat, Spokesman Nadeem Aslam advocate, JK NAP UK president pro Sajjad Raja, secretary Gen Shahid Hashmi, Orgnizer Azad Raja, USA Branch president Saleem Awan advocate, secretary Gen Zahid ahmed Baluch, Belgium president Raize Khan, secretary Gen Shahid Azam Jr, IC members Hassan Mehmood, Shahid Azam Sr, Manwa Khaliq Khan, Nayyar Khan USA branch strongly condemned the state terrorism in Chilass. IC JK NAP leaders said that it is highly condemnable act of state terrorism and ugly attempt to suppress peaceful people of the region. JK NAP leaders warned that Pakistani state has further alienated the Kashmiri people and especially people of Gilgit Baltistan have long time been deprived of their basic human rights and they have every right to resist the subjugation and we JK NAP people fully support their struggle unconditionally. IC JKNAP leaders and officials also fully support the party leadership announcement of ''protest day'' in POK region over the brutal act of Pakistani security forces.
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International Council JK NAP.