Srinagar: Chairman, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik, who has been detained at Police Station Kothi-bagh, while paying glowing tributes to Muhammad Maqbool Butt has said that he was an ideologue, a warrior, a leader and an intellectual who led Kashmiris on all fronts, be it diplomatic front, armed, political or intellectual front.
In a message from detention, Malik said that Butt started as a loner and strived hard for the liberation of his nation; perused and followed his dream with action and sacrificed his life with pride and passion at gallows.
“Struggle and martyrdom of Mohammad Maqbool Butt is a glorious chapter of our history that will always guide us through the tough journey of our freedom struggle,” Malik said.
Paying tributes to Muhammad Afzal Guru, JKLF chairman said that hanged to satisfy so-called collective conscience of Indians, this Kashmiri was denied a fair trial like Maqbool Butt and buried inside the same jail and till date Kashmiris living across the artificial dividing line and in the whole world are demanding the return back of their mortal remains.
Announcing various programs to be held on Maqbool Day this year, JKLF chairman said that various protest programs will be held across the globe on the occasion of and Kashmiris living throughout the world will observe this day as a national day.
He said that in Jammu Kashmir, programs announced by the joint resistance leadership (JRL) will be followed in letter and spirit.
