SRINAGAR:Incarcerated Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Masarrat Aalam Butt, has extended Eid greetings to the Muslim Ummah, in general, and the people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, in particular. According to Kashmir Media Service, the APHC Chairman in a message from New Delhi’s infamous Tihar Jail on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr said Eid is the day of expressing gratitude to Almighty Allah and seeking His blessings. He appealed to the people of the occupied territory to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with simplicity and share its joys with the families of martyred and illegally detained Kashmiris. We have to be extremely kind to the families who had suffered at the hands of Indian troops during the ongoing freedom struggle of Kashmir, he added.

Masarrat Aalam Butt said although the Eid is a day of happiness and blessings, but the Kashmiris had so far missed the real spirit of this day because of the atrocities and the cruel behavior of the Indian occupational troops against the common people who have been suffering immensely since last over seven decades. He said, “It is very unfortunate that we are carrying and receiving the coffins of our youngsters. Our dignity and Honour are at stake and situation in Kashmir has only multiplied our sorrows and it is quite heart wrenching to see the increasing number of widows and orphans,” he added.

The APHC Chairman maintained the Kashmiri martyrs fulfilled their responsibilities and now we are the guardians of their sacrifices. As such, we must reinvigorate our movement against the forcible occupation of India so as to pressurize this colonial country to acknowledge our birth right to self-determination, he said. Masarrat Aalam Butt appealed to the religious clerics, Ulema and Aima Masajid to pray and seek blessings from Almighty Allah to realize the dream of freedom from tyrant India.