My participation in the International Virtual Convention on 21st of January 2024

I attended last night the above convention in presence of galaxy of speakers .

I tried to communicate in a structured manner our pain ,Muslim world pain ,the need of Pakistan to become truly the citadel of Islam in regard to #Palestine & #Kashmir .

Although I was able to speak almost everything in my allotted time but I am putting up this post for conveying the whole with the underlying reasoning .

AsalamAlikumAs a Kashmiri I would like to give my view on all the three points under discussion.

Please bear with me

1. Turmoil in Pakistan and its effect on the region

• India has taken the most advantage of the situation in Pakistan particularly by the actions they are taking in Kashmir & unfortunately not talked about much by the world as well as for that matter in Pakistan except for lip service – a) the occupation has been strengthened by manipulation and getting the Supreme Court of india confirm the action of 5th august 2019 of the modi govt .as their Supreme Court is an extension of the executive particularly when it comes to Kashmir proved no of times in the execution of Maqbool Bhat & Afzal Guroo . b) further strengthening of the occupation by india of putting their plans of creating settler colonies just like Israel has done with the latest announcement of land allotments to retired Indian army personnel in the form of Sainik colonies which already had Sainik farms besides land for their different divisions as well as other lands c) The denial of the right of self determination has resulted in particularly from 1990 ,killing of more than 100000 Kashmiris ,150000 civilians arrested, 8500 custodial killings, 12000 disappearances, 110000 structures destroyed/arsoned, 11,170 rape cases, with injured running in hundred of thousands with at least 7000 with pellet injuries and out of them at least 700 with eye injuries resulting in blindness of different levels. Besides we have about 20000 widows as well as 1500 half widows while the number of orphans are more than 120000 and the prevalence of PTSD ( post traumatic stress disorder ) in hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris of all age groups . By adding all these figures and keeping in view our society having a minimum 10 family members resulting in that our 4.5 million people have been effected directly . The above situation is enough to invoke Article 2 of the Genocide Convention that there is a genocide going on in Indian occupied Kashmir . Some countries like South Africa have shown the way to go to ICJ while as Mexico & Chile has gone to ICC in case of Palestine .
• On one side of the fulcrum Pakistan has a running policy of no trade with India after August 2019 & rightly so although the Kashmiri view at that time and still is that it should have been more as I pointed out to khan sahib when I met him last year in Zaman park . Now there is a talk of starting trade etc Unfortunately Pakistanis do not learn from history . No amount of talks or expectation of reinventing the wheel by doing trade can change Indian policy until and unless a strong leadership is in place who can see eye to eye and have the courage to expose the hindutva agenda or islamaphobia regime presently in place in India .
• That the attack on a nuclear power Pakistan by Iran was intended to send clear messages to the United States and its allies, not least Israel, is hard to dispute.
• We know who benefited from 9/11 . At this time in the world particularly in our region it is a similar situation. After 9/11 , 6 countries were demolished & destroyed. Now they have started in Gaza
• Iran fired missiles on Pakistan & Pakistan fired back rightly to protect each other’s sovereignty. Yet when the sovereignty of our holy mosque Al Quds is violated, nothing is done.
• I fear the region as well the Muslim world is going to suffer if we do not have a leadership in Pakistan who carries weight not only in the region but the world particularly when the economy of Pakistan is in dire straits .
• Being a businessman without a stable environment no investments will come & the vision of Pakistan as the citadel of Islam will be a pipe dream .

2.Impact of Imran Khan on Muslim world/Region

• Imran Khan, as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, has influenced the Muslim world and the region in several ways. His leadership has been characterized by efforts to foster diplomatic relations and promote peace. Khan sahib has been vocal on issues like Islamophobia which culminated in the UN declaring a day of 15th March as a day Islamophobia worldwide, Kashmir conflict, advocating for the rights of Kashmiris. Additionally, he has played a role in facilitating dialogues between Muslim-majority countries.( As per media even been able to break the ice between Iran & Saudia Arabia)
• How Israel took advantage of the situation of a leadership vacuum in Pakistan who could have been a strong voice in OIC which could have been different as with their relentless war against Gaza which is going on with at least 32245 Palestinians (including 12660 children , 6860 women ) have been killed, over 62634 injured, 72440 homes destroyed completely besides 190250 buildings partially damaged .
• The most unapologetic Muslim leader who spoke against the indirect American interference in Muslim nations unlike many Arab leaders who have accepted the American hegemony.
• It is important that in the Muslim world there is a need to have a strong voice to add to the other strong voice like President Erdogan of Türkiye where I live whose people are behind him .
• IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNISE THIS AS THERE IS A PATTERN OF GLOBAL ASSAULT ON ISLAM…. PALESTINE , KASHMIR,ROHINGYAS,EAST TURKMENISTAN,CHECHNYA,BOSNIA are examples . The pattern has been described in detail if we study
• DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY.
• THE LAUSANNE DECLARATION
• CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT. MAN
• GENERAL WESTMORELAND EXPOSE OF THE PENTAGON PLANS TO DESTROY AND DESTABILIZE THE ENTIRE MID EAST.
• CHRISTIAN ZIONISM .
• CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS BY HUNTINGTON
• The Strengths of a State are Rule of Law and its ability to respond to UN Charter obligations.
• State should not be seen fragile and failing to uphold the human rights and the constitutional guarantees. State should be seen administering rule of law and not persecuting Imran Khan.
• Imran Khan has a constituency at home and abroad. Due regard should be given to it. I would like to recall that recently I met a Palestinain activist who told me in my discussion that in the Islamic world voice of Mahathir Mohammad is heard besides President Erdoğan & lamented the absence of Khan sahib whose voice would have changed the response of the Islamic world in regard to Gaza . This is a Palestinian talking .

3.Impact of cyphergate on US Pakistan relations

• There is a difference in the perception of the public which I got living in Türkiye wherein I saw that Pakistanis when they meet me here or I met them on my visit to Pakistan that America was considered not an enemy but not a friend also but after cyphergate it is now perceived to be an enemy by interfering in the internal affairs of Pakistan.
• The truth is that Khan sahib has few friends in the West after prioritizing relations with Russia and China. “From a Washington perspective, anyone would be better than Khan,” says Michael Kugelman, the director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. The policy of prioritising was correct as we know how India took advantage at least with Russia economically .
• I would like to tell the Kashmir perspective about What is the US Policy on Kashmir as it is important also to know the possibility of how the Pakistan America policy plays out as it is an important component of the relationship
• – I as a person do not know for certain as they have a clear cut policy in case of Palestine but the policy on Kashmir is not yet clear completely.
• In case of Palestine , America is Israel and Israel is America which is clear by their actions in the ongoing Gaza war with openly vetoing of ceasefire, no accountability of Israel when they are doing Genocide of Palestinians.
• In case of Kashmir it has not reached a stage of that America is India or India is America yet .
• My personal experience of getting release from Indian jails because of pressure primarily by America through senate hearings etc which put enough pressure on the Indian govt to release me showed at that time that the policy is try to act on human rights vis a vis Kashmir but not doing it in the case of persons like Khurram Pervaz since then reflects in either change of policy after need of India against China or enough pressure not put on the institutions in America like it was just after August 2019
• Double speak in regard to human rights and false narrative building has been exposed of America in the case of Palestine & although in Kashmir they are publicly not yet doing the same .
• One of the most important false narratives promoted and supported by America is labelling freedom fighters in Palestine or Kashmir as terrorists while as previously they in case of Afghans when they were fighting the soviets or Foreigners in Ukraine fighting the Russians as freedom fighters which exposes the hypocrisy.
• America has not kept its commitment of getting settlement of Kashmir as per aspirations of Kashmiri people which was promised to General Ayub Khan so that Pakistan does not attack India when China attacked india in 1962 . The model of talks , talks and talks as has been the case of Palestine without any result .
• After 1947 initially America was supporting our position , they were even sponsors of the resolution but unfortunately with time although they are not completely against but do not act as they should have for implementation of the UNSC resolutions
• Keeping the above in view what will be the effect of cyber gate on the relationship between Pakistan America relationship can be imagined .
• Is there any leader who can tell them the above facts in regard to kashmir and that also publicly
• Who will talk to them on an equal footing and absolutely not basis to safeguard the sovereignty of Pakistan . People of Pakistan need to decide it decisively. Our basis of Kashmir settlement is on the basis of Right of Self Determination & certainly Pakistanis need to decide for themselves how they need to be governed & not only be a developed nation with dignity and honour but the citadel of Islam for which it was created .