AJK PM terms Modi visit to IIOJK as abortive attempt to raise his defeated army's morale.

MIRPUR (AJK) -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan on Sunday said that Indian Prime Minister Modi's visit to strife torn Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) was a failed attempt to raise the morale of Indian armed forces who after losing war in Kashmir have been committing suicides day in and day out.

The AJK PM said this while addressing protesters outside the Indian High Commission in the federal capital on the eve of the black day, Kashmiris observed on the eve of Modi's visit to IIOJK.

The protest demonstration held under the aegis of All Parties Hurriyat Conference-AJK chapter which was attended and addressed by Kashmiri leaders hailing from both sides of the line of control.

Speaking on the occasion, the AJK Premier said the purpose of Modi's visit was a ploy to mislead the international community and deflect its attention away from the real issue.

Terming India as a usurper, he said, the Indian PM had no moral justification whatsoever to visit the region that continues to bleed under its forcible occupation for the past seven decades.

Lauding the sacrifices being rendered by the Kashmiri nation, the PM said 'Kashmiris are scripting a new history of resistance and bravery.' He said that Kashmiris have been rendering sacrifices to achieve their inalienable right to self-determination. Referring to India's settler colonialism policies, he said, 'India wants to change the region's demographics by settling non-state...

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