*BIRMINGHAM, UK: **Pakistan seek another diplomatic victory against Indiaover Occupied Kashmir lockdown.*
Members of Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday vowed to raise theirvoice against the ongoing oppression of the people in Indian Occupied Jammuand Kashmir (IOJ&K) in the British Parliament.
Speaking at a conference organised by the Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK at DudleyCouncil Chamber in Birmingham, Conservative Party politician Marco Longhisaid that the people of the occupied valley should be given their right ofself-determination.
“Indian oppression in occupied Kashmir should end and the Kashmiris shouldbe given their due rights,” Longhi said. “Will not only talk about Indianclampdown in the region inside the British parliament only but also outsideit,” he added.
The parliamentarian further added that it is a humanitarian issue whichshould be resolved according to the will of Kashmiri people.
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“Respecting the wishes of voters in Dudley, I would expedite efforts toresolve the Kashmir issue permanently,” Longhi vowed.
Speaking on the occasion, Altaf Ahmad Bhat, the president of Jammu andKashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM), said that the protest staged againstIndian atrocities by “100 British-based Kashmiris and Pakistanis holdsgreater importance than a crowd of 100,000 in Islamabad and Muzaffarabad”.
