Letter to Pakistani Prime Minister on Gilgit Baltistan by Mr Amanullah Khan
To,
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Dated:
18-11-2015
Prime
Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
Islamabad.
1.
Kashmir Issue and some Gilgiti
and Balti peoples demands.
Day before yesterday’s daily K2, published from Gilgit, Rawalpindi
and Karachi with a large circulation, has quoted minister for Information of Gilgit
Baltistan (GB) Mr. Ibrahim Sanaie (repeated yesterday by another Minister Dr.
Iqbal) as saying that Mr. Nawaz Sharif, the PM of Pakistan, was keen to grant full
political, constitutional, social and economic rights to the people of GB
(perhaps meaning merger of GB with Pakistan as one of its provinces).
Mr. Prime Minister, if you follow this idea of merging GB
with Pakistan before its final status is determined, it will amount to a big
blunder on your part as it will bring Pakistan at par with India in many ways, will
rightly annoy a big number of Kashmiris and will also adversely affect the
world opinion about the Kashmir issue. It is for these sound reasons that the
people and political parties of Azad Kashmir (AK) do not make such demands.
Although both AK and GB belong to the same state of Jammu Kashmir. Moreover,
there are many other ways of meeting the genuine demands of the people of GB.
For example, i) GB and AK be merged in to each other as two equal units, ii)
giving similar status to GB as of AK, and iii) giving rights to the people of
GB in any legal form but without merging it with Pakistan as it may affect its world
recognized disputed nature.
Mr. Prime Minister, as
you perhaps know I myself am a resident of GB and have suffered a lot for
demanding due rights for the people of the area. These sufferings include my one
and a quarter year’s imprisonment in GB, twice being deported from Gilgit and
have also written three booklets on the issue. This was my duty as an educated
son of that unfortunate area. However, unlike many others who demand merger of
GB with Pakistan for their limited and timely personal and party interests, I
and my organization, in the larger interest of Kashmiri nation, oppose this
merger before its final disposition is reached upon for my thoughts are not
peripheral and self-centered.
2.
The confused type of
support to Kashmir freedom struggle.
Mr. Prime Minister, almost all the political parties of
Pakistan say that they support our freedom struggle for which we thank them all
from the deepest core of our hearts. I have observed you personally saying that
you and your party support our Right of Self-determination (RSD) according to
UN Resolutions and Kashmiri people’s aspirations. However, the last and
effective UN Resolution does not scope for an independent Kashmir thus limiting
the options and curbing the aspirations of the people. While as Kashmiries believe
in three alternate solutions of Kashmir issue ie, an Independent Kashmir or
Kashmir’s accession to Pakistan or Kashmir’s accession to India. However, It will
be kind enough of you, your party and other political parties of Pakistan if
you people could be magnanimous enough towards Kashmir issue by providing a
clear and open stand of yours in favor of Kashmiri aspirations, by not
rejecting any aspired option as a solution and by not limiting its options of
solution to accession to Pakistan or accession to India only. For being a proud
nation, Kashmiri people would want to retain its national identity for all
times to come. As President of Pakistan Mr. Asif Ali Zardari too during his
meeting with a delegation of Kashmiri leaders, of which I and my colleague Mr.
Rafiq Dar were a part of, in President House Islamabad on March 28, 2013, said,
and repeated trice, that he considers Kashmiries as a nation. This very
statement of President of Pakistan meant a lot for us and other Kashmiri
leaders.
3.
My common letter to Your
Excellency and to Mr. Modi, Your counterpart in India.
I had sent two common letters earlier
dated 27-03-2015 and 10-09-2015 to both of you subjected as “A
peaceful, practicable, equitable, honorable and everlasting solution of about
Seventy years old unresolved Kashmir issue. The issue is as dangerous today as
ever, having already caused three bloody wars in the past between India and
Pakistan, now both nuclear powers, hence the continued tensions between them
makes it more dangerous for even regional and world peace”.
Solution in a nutshell under the caption ‘The
Gist of The Appeal’ page 10.
I
have so far received responses from some ordinary personalities and none from
the people that could be counted especially you the two addresses. Will you
please pay some attention to my detailed document that includes a covering
letter and common appeal?
The
acknowledgement of this letter shall be highly appreciated.
I
thank you.
Sincerely yours,
(Amanullah Khan)
Patron-in-Chief,
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).
(Note: Sorry for using stamp for my signature
as my right hand is almost paralyzed).
Copies for
information and necessary action to:
(The acknowledgement of this letter shall be
highly appreciated)
- Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan, President AJK.
- Mian Raza Rabbani, Chairman Senate Pakistan.
- Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Speaker Pakistan National Assembly.
- Syed Khursheed A. Shah, Leader of the opposition in National Assembly of Pakistan.
- Mr. Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to PM on Foreign Affairs.
- Choudhary Birjesh Tahir, Minister for Kashmir Affairs.
- Choudhary Abdul Majeed, Prime Minister AJK.
- Raja Farooq Haider, Leader of the opposition AJK Assembly.
- Hafiz Hafeez-ur-Rehman, Chief Minister GB.
- Mr. Beig, Leader of the opposition GB Assembly.
Sincerely
yours,
(Amanullah Khan)
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