The way forward and critical demands of the people of Gilgit Baltistan and AJK. KFM - Briefing Paper on Gilgit Baltistan
The people of Gilgit Baltistan and AJK are striving for democratic and decentralised governance and internal sovereignty within Gilgit Baltistan and AJK until a plebiscite is held under the auspices of the UN for the exercise of the right of self-determination within all the regions of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Therefore, we suggest that Pakistan should demonstrate thatMonday, 14 March 2022
JKNIA calls upon Prime Minister of Pakistan to accept Awami Action Committee Gilgit Baltistan Charter of Demand
The Kashmiri diaspora community in United Kingdom and Europe deplore the arrogant attitude of Pakistani establishment by ignoring the just demands presented in the “Charter of Demand” by AACGB. The people of Gilgit Baltisan from every nock and corner of the region are peacefully participating in protest sit in (Dharna) since 15 April 2014 but there is no sign of considerate response from your government.
KFM members participated in a rally in front of United Nations Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) field office in Bhimber
The president of KFM Engr. Khalid Parvaiz Butt handed over a memorandum for UN Secretary General H.E. Ban Ki-moon seeking his direct intervention and help in persuading the Government of India to release the mortal remains of the two Kashmiri martyrs Maqbool Butt (Shaheed) and Mohammed Afzal Guru (Shaheed) from Tehar prison in Delhi
The State of Jammu and Kashmir has historically remained independent, except in the anarchical conditions of the late 18th and first half of the 19th century, or when incorporated in the vast empires set up by the Mauryas (3rd century BC), the Mughals (16th to 18th century) and the British (mid-19th to mid-20th century). All these empires included not only present-day India and Pakistan but some other countries of the region as well.
Kashmir Freedom Movement (KFM) is an indigenous political party spearheading civil resistance movement in Jammu Kashmir since 1972. KFM aims to unite, mobilize, empower and represent the voices of the people at national and international level for the achievement of common purpose: Social Justice, Good Governance, Social-Economic Development, and to establish a completely modern Islamic welfare independence state.
Maqbool Bhatt was born on 18th February 1938 to a peasant family in Trahagam village Tehsil Handwara, district Kupwara. His father was called Ghulam Qadar Bhatt. His mother died when Maqbool Bhatt was 11 years old pupil in the village’s primary (junior) school. He had a younger brother Gulam Nabi Bhatt. Ghulam Qadar had two more sons, Manzoor Ahmed Bhatt and Zahoor Ahmed Bhatt and three daughters from second marriage.