AJK president urges students to play role in Kashmir's liberation.

Byline: Tariq Naqash

MUZAFFARABAD -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has exhorted students to play their role in gearing up efforts for the success of ongoing Kashmir liberation movement and spread the voice of their oppressed brethren.

He was addressing the 4th convocation of University of Poonch (UoP) in the town of Rawalakot on Tuesday.

The president awarded masters and bachelors' degrees in different disciplines to a total of 1,064 students. Four students were also awarded doctorate degrees while 30 were awarded gold medals.

Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Mohammad Rasul Jan, Registrar Prof Dr Imtiaz, VC University of Management Sciences Kotli Prof Dr Syed Dilnawaz Ahmed Gardezi, heads of departments, faculty members and parents were alsopresenton the occasion.

President Khan reminded the students that their brethren in the India occupied territory were faced with barbarism at the hands of occupation troops and they were looking towards the youth in the liberated territory for the projection of the realisation of their supreme struggle for freedom.

He said India had stripped the occupied Jammu and Kashmir of its identity under its action of Aug 5 and by clamping an indefinite curfew and media blackout had practically turned the territory into a prison for its inhabitants. He lamented that more than 13,000 Kashmiri youth had been arrested and detained in different prisons in India.

'Due to some compulsions, we cannot breach the Line of Control to reach to the rescue of our brethren across the divide but we can smoothly pass on their message to the international community through our speech, pen, cell phone and laptop,' he said.

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