Bleeding IIOJK - A dark dimension of history.

ISLAMABAD -- Plagued by Indian thralldom, the history of bleeding, screaming and subjugated populace of the Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) is a big scar on the face of self-acclaimed human rights champions of the world.

The hypocritical approach of the world masters continues to encourage India to play havoc with the innocent people of IIOJK, subjecting them to unprecedented violence, jailing, torturing, raping women, hitting infants with pallet guns and extra-judiciously killing struggling for their right to self-determination.

Instead of pushing India to abide by the United Nations resolutions, the unbelievable silence of the key players in international politics encouraged India to further its agenda of subjugation through revoking articles 370 and 35A of its constitution on August 05, 2019.

By revoking Article 370, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) regime usurped the special right of IIOJK people for citizenship and ownership of property, besides the fundamental right of residence. This law provided that the citizens from other states could not buy property in the IIOJK and New Delhi had no power to declare financial emergency in the region.

The BJP also revoked Article 35A that gave the IIOJK legislature full discretionary power to decide who could be the 'permanent residents' of the state. This article also ensured special rights and privileges for the state government's employment, acquisition of property, settling in the state, right to scholarships, aid provided by the state government, and imposed restrictions on the persons who were not the permanent residents.

The history of such acts is long and painful. Starting from October 1947, when Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir signed the 'Instrument of Accession' with India, agreeing to transfer three subjects including foreign affairs, defence and communications to New Delhi.

Later on, after the appointment of interim government by Maharaja with Sheikh Abdullah as its prime minister, the latter along with three colleagues negotiated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir with the Government of India that subsequently led to adoption of Article 370 and Article 35A in 1954.

Under the partition formula, the Hindu majority areas had to be with India and the Muslim majority ones with Pakistan. But, Maharaja Hari Singh, against the will of Kashmiri people, decided to annex the state with India making the local population to rise up against his unfair decision.

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