Masood Khan calls for national unity to thwart India's sinister designs.

RAWALPINDI -- Describing Rahees-ul-Ahrar Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas as a glittering star of Kashmir freedom movement, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Muhammad Masood Khan has paid glowing tributes for his lifelong struggle for liberation of Kashmir from Indian occupation.

He expressed these views while addressing a function held here on Wednesday to mark the 52nd death anniversary of veteran Kashmiri leader Chaudhry Ghulam Abbasi, who is regarded as one of pioneer leaders of Kashmir's freedom struggle.

The function was also addressed by AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan, former AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Azam Khan Swati, speaker AJK Legislative Assembly Shah Ghulam Qadir, Hurriyat conference leaders Abdul Hameed Lone, Daud Khan, Zahid Safi, and others.

The AJK president regretted that the mission started by late Chaudhry

Ghulam Abbas in his young age, could not be accomplished even after more than 70 years. He described the late Kashmiri leader as a close aide of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and said that the founder of Pakistan had great confidence in Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas.

The State President said that we will have to bury the hatchet by setting aside our political differences and revive the spirit of 1947 to achieve our goals and to make Kashmir's liberation struggle a success.

"We had liberated 84,000 square kilometers area of Azad Kashmir and

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