No oppression can overcome the spirit of Kashmiris, says Foreign Minister

According to the report of Baaghi TV, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the journey of sacrifices of Kashmiris to achieve the great goal of right to self-determination continues till today.

On the occasion of Kashmir Martyrs’ Day, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in his message on social networking site Twitter said that today I would like to salute the spirit and courage of 22 zealous youth of Kashmir who joined Dogra imperialist forces on July 13, 1931, they challenged the forces and drank the cup of martyrdom.

I pay tribute to 22 sons of J&K whose courage in face of brutal Dogra forces regalvanized a decades old struggle for self-determination in 1931; an inalienable right Kashmiris continue to die for to this day. No occupation can subjugate spirit of brave Kashmir #KashmirMartyrsDay

— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) July 13, 2020

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the right to self-determination, which had been going on for decades, had been revived. The journey of sacrifices to achieve this great goal of the right to self-determination continues to this day, the Foreign Minister said, adding that no coercion can overcome the zeal of these zealous Kashmiris.

On July 13, 1931, there was a trial for treason against Abdul Qadir, a Kashmiri youth imprisoned in Srinagar Central Jail. Thousands of Kashmiri people gathered outside the jail on this occasion. During Zuhr prayers, a Kashmiri youth shouted Azan and was shot dead by a Dogra soldier.

From there, the butterflies of Tawheed passed the call to prayer and the Dogra soldiers also continued firing. One by one, a young man drank the cup of martyrdom but the call to prayer kept resounding and thus 22 Kashmiris completed the call to prayer with their lives.