Srinagar 19th November2017 (KNO) : Shaheed IHurriyat sheikh Abdul Hameed, Shaheed Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, Shaheed advocate Jamil Chowdhry and others who laid down their lives for freedom of Jammu Kashmir, are our heroes whose struggle and sacrifices wrote a new chapter of resilience and resistance. Whosoever thinks of defeating a movement nourished by the sacred blood of martyrs like these is living in fool’s paradise. This was stated by incarcerated chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik while speaking on the occasion of the martyrdom day of Shuhada-i- Aalikadal today. A condolence cum prayer meeting was today held at Mazar I Shuhada Eidgah Srinagar in memory of Shaheed I Hurriyat sheikh Abdul Hamid and other martyrs including Shaheed Mushtaq Ahmad lone, Shaheed Advocate Jamil Chowdhry, Shaheed Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh, Shaheed Mushtaq Ahmad Kuttay, Shaheed Mustaq Ahmad khan and Shaheed Ghulam Mohammad who embraced martyrdom at Aali Kadal Srinagar on 19th Nov 1992. The meeting was attended by various JKLF leaders and activists including Advocate Bashir Ahmad Bhat,showkat ahmad,Master sheikh Muhammad Afzal ,bakshi,Ghulam Rasool Dar Eadi,Noor Mohammad Kalwal,Mohammad Yasin Bhat, Mir Siraj ud din,Zahoor Ahmad Butt,Sheikh Abdul Rashid, Mohammad Sideeq shah,Mushtaq Ahmad Khan,Bashir Ahmad Kashmiri, professor Javed,Ashraf Bin Salam,Bashir Ahmad Rather(Boya) and others
While remembering Shuhada-I-Aalikadal and Gulam Nabi But t younger brother of Shaheed father of Kashmiri nation Muhammad Maqbool Butt who departed this world on 18th November in 1994, Yasin Malik said that these great souls nourished the struggle for freedom with their blood and sacrificed their today for our better tomorrow. He said that history bears a witness to the fact that till date no freedom struggle has been defeated by oppression and tyranny and those who are daydreaming of defeating this sacred movement, nourished by the sacred blood of martyrs are actually living in a fool’s paradise. Yasin Malik said that that sheikh Abdul Hamid Shaheed and his companions embraced martyrdom and spilled their sacred blood into the waters of Jhelum, turned it red and thus wrote a new chapter of sacrifices and struggle. He said that today when we are remembering these noble souls, we pledge to take forward their mission to its cherished goal. While remembering his childhood friend Shaheed sheikh Abdul Hamid, JKLF chairman said that he was a great friend and cohort who always stood in front and endured every difficulty and hardship that came his way with a smile on his face. Recalling the sacrifices and struggle of Ghulam Nabi Butt (Marhoom), who was the younger brother of Shaheed father of nation Muhammad Maqbool Butt and who left for heavenly abode in 1994, Yasin Malik said that he belonged to a family that knows only struggle and sacrifices and till his last breath stood for the freedom of this nation. JKLF chairman also prayed for his heavenly abode (KNO)