CRPC amendment black conception for black law - Muhammad Farooq Rehmani

Islamabad, 30 Nov, 2011: The Chairman Jammu and Kashmir People's Freedom League Muhammad Farooq Rehmani has denounced the very idea of amending the criminal procedure code by India for its army to curb the movement of right of self-determination in an another garb in Kashmir.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani said, "India wants to continue its ugly and ferocious job, In a routine manner in the other shape of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that is a red-iron-rod to guard Indian rule in Jammu and Kashmir." He termed it a black conception of black minds for black laws. He said that it meant that the Indian establishment was in no mood to honor the concern of the world human rights circles to repeal the Disturbed Areas Act and the Armed Forces Special Powers Act for giving space to political and democratic activities in Kashmir .India knows that if her rein of oppression and tight grip over the people of the state is reduced even nominally, next morning it will not get time to pack bag and baggage to quit the 64 years of occupation."   

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani said, "India has turned Kashmir into the laboratory of devilish ideas against humanity where black laws one after another are experimented to rule the territory." He accused the UN Security Council for showing callous disregard to humanity and towards the resolution of Kashmir after adopting a dozen over resolutions to hold plebiscite there, leaving Kashmiris alone at the mercy of circumstances and military guns, facing unending killings, torture and enforced- disappearances only to be buried in ravines, or rivers or unmarked graves. He stressed that under the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights it was the responsibility of the world Body to protect life and honour of the Kashmiris, abide by international promises and prevent India's occupation forces from trespassing and encroaching upon the rights of the oppressed people of Kashmir. But UN neither conducted plebiscite nor censored, stopped India from enacting inhuman laws to perpetuate state terrorism throughout Jammu and Kashmir. Consequently, India's latest move could be an amendment through an ordinance for the time being to squeeze the public and suffocate them to any extent.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani called on the UN, OIC and human rights bodies to intervene in Kashmir and prevent Indian regime from implementing another black law under the name of CrPC. He said abrogating all inhuman and military laws in Jammu and Kashmir was of the call of the time to gain peace and peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute.

Nato invasion an eye-opener - Farooq Rehmani

Islamabad 28 November 2011(PR): The Chairman Jammu and Kashmir People's Freedom League Muhammad Farooq Rehmani strongly condemned Nato and ISAF invasion and aerial bombardment on Pakistani Posts in Mohmand Agency and paid glowing tributes to martyrs who sacrificed their precious lives in defending the integrity and sovereignty of the homeland.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani said, "the brutal aggression of the Nato against its alley is fraught with numerous dangers and must serve an eye-opener to the policy-planners of Pakistan. It can potentially destabilize the whole region and will further complicate the long standing issues of these vulnerable and unfriendly states. It will prove as the last nail in the coffin of US influence in Asia." He said the time has come when the world of Islam must promote unity, democracy and self-reliance; and respect urges and aspirations of their people and solve their problems by them elves and guard their interests well.

He said ultimately the disputes of Kashmir and Palestine would be settled by using and strengthening their own independent vision, wisdom, statesmanship and strategic power.         

World Muslim Congress Declaration hailed by Farooq Rehmani

Islamabad:26,November,2011:The Chairman Jammu andKashmir People's Freedom League, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani has hailed the declaration of the World Muslim Congress(Motamar Al Alam Al Islami) with regard to Muslim problems and Kashmir and Palestine movements, during two days five- yearly assembly, held in Colombo,capital of the Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, on 13^thand 14th, November 2011. It declared, "The conference expressed its solidarity with the people of Jammu andKashmir who are struggling for their legitimate right to self-determination, as the only peaceful and democraticmethod of resolving this issue." This conference was hosted by the Sri Lanka Islamic Center, and President D.M.Jyarathna, and Prime minister Prof.G.L Peiris delivered their 'full of wisdom speeches' in the opening session of the conference.

The WMC conference  appealed and urged on "the human rights institutions to take practical steps to protect life and honour of the Kashmiri men and women being violated under the protection of draconian emergency laws." The conference  also demanded the inclusion of the true representatives of the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the negotiations to resolve this issue.

While expressing profound gratitude for WMC'S continuous advocacy of the Kashmir cause, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani has hoped that the Secretary General of the World Muslim Congress Rja Zafar ul Haq will initiate steps to inform this august international Muslim body about the draconian laws in vogue, in the turbulent state that have turned Kashmir into a military occupation,  making  life of the inhabitants insecure, miserable, and vulnerable.

Lifting of black laws key to success of dialogue--Farooq Rehmani

Islamabad 22 Nov 2011: The Chairman Jammu and Kashmir People's Freedom League Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, has said that despite conferring most-favored nation status on India and intensifying trade-cum-travel- related activities with it, real break-through on Kashmir between the two states would not take place without lifting up of draconian laws(AFSPA, DAA, PSA, etc. ) in Jammu and Kashmir and without stopping police harassment, and humiliation; and again granting basic political and civil rights  and liberties to people. He said that the civil leaders and military commanders in Kashmir were two faces of the same coin and were foreseeing their doom in the absence of inhuman laws. But political need compelled them to criticize these laws and hoodwink the public opinion.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani stated that if they were sincere then they should urge the legislative Assembly and Delhi to repeal black laws from  this state. No hypocrisy would be accepted on this issue. He said that the state and the central government and their police and intelligence agencies had strangulated political workers' voice; there was suffocation and harassment of youths at every level, they had been implicated in fabricated criminal cases, they were being forced to attend police and army camps, besides courts; but they were arrested if they attended party offices or organized seminars or peaceful  rallies. The   spying agencies chased students and youths in universities, colleges, schools, Friday congregations and shopping centers. He further disclosed that even aged and teenagers were languishing in jails and police camps for years together and people   cursed these rulers praying to Allah to bring doom to Indian rulers in Kashmir.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani expressed shock over the apathy of the world community towards Indian oppression in Kashmir which meant that the world had forgotten Kashmir in their pursuit for advancing inequities of capitalism, thus encouraging India's intransigence on Kashmir issue.

Given the firm and constant faith of the Kashmiris  for freedom he called upon the government of Azad Kashmir to revisit and review their role viz-a-viz the freedom movement in a solid manner; equally Pakistan Parliament to review and examine some of the latest decisions regarding trade with India, in the light of its implications on Kashmir and initiate tangible measure to counter India's propaganda .He said that the world community and Muslim Ummah could be convinced to exert pressure on India, only if Pakistan formulated its own firm stand on the right of self -determination and basic human rights of the Kashmiris.     

Kashmir will win struggle by grace of God - Farooq Rehmani

Islamabad,  15 November, 2011: Chairman Jammu and Kashmir People's Freedom League Muhammad Farooq Rehmani has urged Pakistan to raise its support-level of political and diplomatic nature to the Kashmiris  to prove that granting of MFN status to India will not prevent it (Pakistan) from supporting  and encouraging the people of Kashmir for their just cause of the right to self- determination and freedom as before. He said that, "Kashmir is on the threshold of victory as India is wary of repealing the Disturbed Areas Act and the Armed Forces Special Powers Act from the region despite the ruling National Conference's decision to abrogate these dreadful  laws. The army supports these controversial laws as they have developed their own special privileges and interests over the years through the inhuman laws. If India fears that Kashmir will not remain with India without any black law then how the so called accession with India is just, valid and irrevocable?"  He said that these laws were responsible for record human rights violations having  had blocked all  peaceful methods of   resolving the 64 year old dispute in Asia.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani said that trade agreements between Pakistan and India should not put Kashmir on back burner as the destiny of a nation is more important than fun, fare, and  shopping. He said Kashmir situation has moved many personalities in India and abroad and human rights advocates and organizations were not happy with India over its dealing with the situation. He said writers and novelists like Arunadhati Roy were on the front-row to garner moral and political support for the military pull-out from Jammu and Kashmir as an Indian citizen. He said that the MFN status for India was now an acid test for Pakistan to show that trade with India would not come in her way to raise its voice for the people's right of self-determination.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, while referring to Syed Ali Geelani's life under- threat  said that the matter should not be taken lightly in view of secret and clandestine operations  by disguised soldiers against the people for the last many years in Kashmir. He said that Kashmir has ceased to be a safe and peaceful zone for its inhabitants because of the discovery of thousands of unmarked graves around its northern and southern line.

سید علی گیلا نی کے بھائی کی وفات پر محمد فاروق رحمانی کا اظہار غم

10نو مبر2011ء

اِسلام آباد:جموں و کشمیر پیپلز فریڈم لیگ کے چئیرمین محمد فاروق رحمانی نے حریت کا نفرنس کے چئیرمین سید علی گیلا نی کے برادر سید ولی محمد گیلانی کی وفات پر اپنے گہرے صدمے کا اظہار کیا ہے۔ اُنہوں نے اُن کے اِنتقال کو سید علی گیلانی اور اُن کے خا ندا ن کے لیے ایک صدمہ عظیم قرار دیا ' مرحومہ کے اوصا ف حمیدہ کی تعریف کی ' اللہ تعا لی سے اُن کے لئے مغفرت اور عزیز و اقارب کے صبر جمیل کی دعا ہے۔

Kashmiris determined for freedom according to message of Eid --Farooq Rehmani

Islamabad, 06 November,2011: On the eve of Eid- ul- Azha, congratulating Muslims for performing Hajj and slaughtering  animals on the footsteps of the Prophet Ibraheem(AS) Chairman Jammu and Kashmir People's Freedom League, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani  has said that in the present dark and unruly political, economic, and social conditions of the world the secret of Muslim rise is in Islam; not in anarchy, discord, revenge and bloodshed as taught by  Allah through His revealed books and His last Book The Koran. Referring to the ongoing  massive upsurges in different Asian, African, European countries and in America, especially blowing winds of change against  the Wall-Street economic and banking exploitation he said it has been proved beyond doubt that limited freedom, controlled autonomy, so called self-rule or economic packages under alien, autoc­­­ratic and totalitarian systems is unacceptable to the people; any such offer by despotic  governments which also might by the desire and design of India to dilute the freedom struggle can never be a substitute for the internationally recognized  right --the right of self-determination.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani said that India was the second biggest country as per its population; and  if it wanted to raise  its status in the comity of nations then the country should demonstrate courage and magnanimity to accept the demand of the Kashmiri's  for their right of self -determination. As per the people of Kashmir, he said, " The people believe in tireless struggle for a noble cause. India must read writings on the wall. She should not act as a neo-imperialist country in South Asia. The Kashmiris will not accept any imperialistic meaning of freedom. They will further reinforce and augment their political struggle according to the teachings and traditions of the Ibraheemy  Sunna. The denial to the people's just, persistent and UN recognized  demand  does not augur well for India."        

Savagery of Jammu terrorists can’t be forgotten---Farooq Rehmani

Islamabad,07 November 2011:Chairman Jammu and Kashmir People's Freedom League, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani while paying tribute to the martyrs of Jammu blood-bath, and rape of women by the fanatic terrorists of the Dogra regime on 6 November 1947,  slaughtering over 2 lakh of their Muslim inhabitants brutally in Jammu has said that the act of savagery was committed against the entire humanity as the terrorists were plagued with unprecedented criminality, and the Indian army that had landed in Srinagar on 27 October had showed criminal negligence. Massacre of Jammu Muslims was carried out at a time when the valley stood for communal harmony, and Gandhi Ji saw the only ray of communal harmony in the  Muslim majority region of the state. He said that the Eid-ul-Azha in Oct.1947,was really the day of mourning  for the Muslim population of Jammu, Kashmir, Sialkot, and other adjacent areas, but India was not moved by the most tragic act of organized barbarity.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani said, "the historical sacrifice of the Jammu region will never be forgotten, and the flame of freedom will remain burning everywhere."  Referring to current conditions of the state he said, "there is no rule of law in Kashmir; the road toward the solution of Kashmir has been closed by India by crushing the people and denying them their basic political rights and civil liberties in the disputed region. Instead of releasing political workers and youths from prisons on Eid, more and more youngsters are rounded up and driven to prisons and police camps by the establishment."

"India has dashed every hope of settling the dispute peacefully with Pakistan and the people of Kashmir," he lamented.       

MFN Status Pernicious Without Kashmir--Farooq Rehmani

Islamabad, 05 November 2011: Chairman Jammu and Kashmir People's Freedom League, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani has opined that since the decision of the federal cabinet to bestow the Most Favoured Nation Status (MFN) upon India without the resolution of Kashmir is fraught with multiple unruly implications; the National Assembly should thoroughly look into the move and censure the cabinet decision in the larger interests of Pakistan and Kashmir movement. He referred to an explanation given by the Foreign Minister Hina Rubbani Khar that the two parts were already trading across the LOC, and the Kashmiri leadership had been engaged on this issue.

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani said that the four years' old trade resembled smuggling, and had no recognized rules of free trade with universal monetary facilities. Many such post-2004 steps had disillusioned the Kashmir's resulting into two major summer uprisings in 2008 and 2009 in Kashmir against India. He said that before 2004, the advocates of soft border theory argued that such initiatives would improve human rights situation in Kashmir, but later the tough stance of India and increased rights abuses negated that view as a pipedream.  " Today  no political worker or a sympathizer of a pro-freedom party can attend his office or even rest inside his home. Only a prison cell awaits him, and no prison or police centre is empty," he remarked.            

He quoted from the writings of late Altaf Gohar one of the renowned writers and distinguished bureaucrats of the country who wrote in 1995, on the question of granting MFN status to India, "All foreign exchange and trade restrictions were unilaterally imposed on Pakistan by India after independence. Pakistan was forced to have a currency of its own, when it had no security printing press, because the export of Indian currency from the Nasik Press in India was banned without giving Pakistan any notice. The rupee balance due to Pakistan under the division of assets and liabilities was illegally withheld by India and released only as a result of British intervention."

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani said, "Economic  sanctions  is the only weapon to stop a country from committing human rights violations on the subjugated people in a particular land. India is committing barbarities on the Kashmir's and Pakistan is making international efforts to stop state terrorism in Kashmir. How would it look if Pakistan were to accord India the status of our Most Favored Nation? What other peaceful ways remain open to save Kashmiris from the ferocious clutches of the Indian rule?"

God help Kashmir's in these ominous developments.