SHAH, WAZA MIR AND RESHI paid rich tributes to Bijbehara martyrs
Srinagar, October 22: Executive member of Hurriyat Conference (M) and
Chairman Jammu Kashmir Peoples league, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza today paid
glowing tributes to the martyrs of Bijbehara 1993 massacre.
While visiting Mazari-e- Shudha Bijberaha , Waza along with Senior
Pro-Freedom leaders Shabir Ahmad Shah, Javid Ahmad Mir, Mukhtar Ahmad
Sofi, 
Imtiyaz Ahmad Reshi and others paid glowing tributes to the martyrs who fell to
the bullet of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in
Bijbehara on October 22, 1993 when they were peacefully demonstrating
against the siege of Hazratbal shrine by Indian Army.
Mukhtar Ahmad Waza said that Kashmiri martyrs sacrificed their lives
for a sacred cause and the sacrifices would not be allowed to go
waste.
“The sacrifices of 1993 and even after that are assets for the
movement and can never go waste. Who sacrificed their lives for the
bright future of Kashmiri nation will serve as beacon light for the
rest of us.” Waza said, adding Kashmir martyrs have center staged the
Kashmir issue and because of the sacrifices of martyrs world on
humanitarian grounds wants to resolve the issue.
He said that more than 51 people were martyred, hundreds of got
injured by the BSF troopers in Bijehara on October 22, 1993, when the
people of the area held a peaceful demonstration against the siege of
Hazratbal shrine by Indian Army.
“Our youth are courageously braving the oppression of Indian military
forces just to achieve the scared goal of Azadi from India’s illegal
occupation and we will not allow these sacrifices go waste.” Waza said
He said that the ongoing movement would be taken to its logical
conclusion and appealed the international community, United Nations
and world human rights watch groups to take a serious note of the
human rights violations done by the security forces in the valley and
to help resolve the Kashmir dispute in accordance with Kashmiris’
aspirations and relevant United Nation resolutions.
Waza said that resolution of Kashmir conflict according to wishes and
aspirations of Kashmiri people will guarantee the peace and prosperity
of South Asian region.
Pro-Islam, Pro-freedom and Pro-Unity slogans were raised on the occasion.
Senior Pro-freedom leader Shabir Ahmad Shah also addressed the gathering.