He was addressing a national conference jointly organized by Punjab University Academic Staff Association, Pakistan Institute of National Affairs and Mutahida Ulema Council at Faisal Auditorium here on Tuesday. Raja Farooq Haider said that Pakistan should keep us on frontline and support us from the back. He said that Kashmiris also stood with Pakistan and we wanted to strengthen Pakistan. He said that we must think that how the issue of Kashmir should be resolved as per the desire of Kashmiris. He said that Pakistan had always advocated Kashmiris' demand for plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir and we should devise a new policy to achieve our goal. He said that Kashmir issue was political as well as human rights issue. He also said that Pakistan should not accept US mediation offer because the US tilt in favor of India which was clear now.
Addressing the conference, PPP central Punjab president Qamar uz Zaman Kaira said that Kashmir was included even in the name of Pakistan. He said that the international community did not value worldly principles but take care of its own interests.
He said that due to financial benefits, many countries were favoring India however the people of the countries expressed solidarity with Kashmiri people over violations of human rights. He said that even most of Hindus in India did not support Modi's Kashmir policy.
He said that Pakistan government must send parliamentary delegations to various countries of the world to present our stance on Kashmir.
PTI Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry said that the students of Punjab University had sacrificed their lives for Kashmir. He said that Modi government was following the policy of Hindutva.
Foreign Affairs expert Muhammad Mehdi has proposed to defeat Modi through Kashmiris, saying this is only possible if elected representatives of AJK are brought to fore by providing them anchoring role on all national and international platforms.
"Kashmiris are main stakeholders. More they will have leading role in pleading Kashmir case more they will be closer to reclaim Kashmir," he added.
If PM Imran Khan had taken AJK Prime Minister along with him on "Kashmir Mission" during US trip, it would have impacted globally, he opined.
He demanded that AJK Assembly should have hashed out its own independent policy which should be followed by Pakistan in true letter and spirit. He said it was "glaring misstep" that so far elected representatives of Kashmir, Jammu, Gilgit Baltistan and Laddakh had not been put together.
Addressing the conference, Chairman Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee of Pakistan Mufti Muneebur Rehman said that Kashmiri people had not accepted controversial constitutional amendment. He said that due to the sacrifices of Kashmiri people, the issue of Kashmir had been highlighted once again.
PU VC Prof Niaz Ahmed said that PU would continue to play its role and provide policy guidelines over national issues. He said that we pray for the success of Prime Minister Imran Khan and his team that were presenting the voice of Kashmiris before international community.
He said that the whole nation was waiting for the call of PM Imran Khan to reach line of control. He said that US President Trump had admitted that Pakistani nation was a tough nation. He announced that PU would also organize conference for improvement in relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Renowned Kashmiri leader Abdul Rashid Turabi said that India had imposed war on us and now we would win the war.
The seminar was addressed by senior journalist Mujeeb ur Rehman Shami, intellectual Amjad Islam Amjad, President PINA Altaf Hassan Qureshi, President PU Academic Staff Association Prof Dr Mumtaz Anwar Choudhary, Secretary Javed Sami, Shams-us-Zaman, Farzana Nazir, eminent scholars, journalists, social workers, faculty members, employees and a large number of students were present on the occasion.