Qaisar Mansoor
Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over are observing the Accession to Pakistan Day, July 19, 2022, with a renewed pledge to continue the struggle for Jammu and Kashmir’s liberation from Indian occupation and its complete merger with Pakistan.
It was on 19th July in 1947 that the genuine representatives of Kashmiris unanimously passed the resolution of Kashmir’s Accession to Pakistan during a meeting of All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference at the residence of Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan in Aabi Guzar area of Srinagar..
The resolution of Kashmir Accession to Pakistan was a testimony to the fact that the people of Kashmir had linked their future with Pakistan. Every year, Kashmiris observe 19th July as Accession Day to Pakistan reaffirm their commitment that they will continue their struggle till Kashmir becomes part of Pakistan.
The Accession Resolution stated, “The convention of Muslim conference has reached the conclusion that geographical conditions, 80 percent Muslim population, important rivers of Punjab passing through the state, language, cultural, ethnic and economic relations and contiguity of the state with Pakistan make it imperative to merge with Pakistan”. In 1947, Indian PM Jawaharial Nehru promise of referendum allowing Kashmiris to decide the territory’s fate, have been buried and replaced by a new and baseless narrative that “Kashmir is an integral part of India”.
The narrative has been completely rejected by the Kashmiri people. UNSC resolutions numbered 47, 51, 80, 96, 98,122 & 126 decided that the final disposition of the state of J&K “will be made in accordance with the will of the people expressed through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite conducted under the auspices of the UN.
India promised before the UN to resolve the dispute by providing Kashmiri people their basic right to self-determination but later backed away from its commitments. Denial of fundamental rights to Kashmiris has prompted home-grown armed struggle against Indian oppression. The worst kind of Indian state terrorism in IIOJK during past seven decades and the ongoing wave of Hindu extremism stand testimony to the fact that the Kashmiris decision of accession with Pakistan was fully justified.
