Masood Khan lauds Malaysia's principled stand on Kashmir.

ISLAMABAD -- Sardar Muhammad Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir, thanked Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and the Malaysian nation for their principled stand and strong support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the aftermath of August 5, 2019. He saluted the Malaysian leadership that after India threatened to cut imports of palm oil, aluminum, gas and computer equipment from Malaysia in retaliation for its principled position on Kashmir. The AJK President said that the Malaysian Prime Minister had rightly characterized India's action in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IoJK) as 'invasion and occupation'.

The AJK President made these remarks while talking to a nine-member

Malaysian a delegation led by Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid, President of MAPIM (Malaysian Consultative Council for Islamic Organization), an influential organisation in Malaysia with networks in ASEAN nations and beyond.

Sardar Masood Khan also commended Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's criticism of the new citizenship law in India designed to discriminate against Muslims. The Malaysian Prime Minister, he said, has rightly pointed out that 'people in India are dying because of this law'. The President said that India wanted to remold the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir and now the whole of India as a Hindu nation, crush Kashmiri Muslims and relegate the status of Indian Muslims to aliens.

President Masood thanked the efforts of Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid for highlighting the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in Malaysia and ASEAN countries and lauded his efforts to establish closer ties between Azad Kashmir and Malaysia. He deeply appreciated that the MAPIM President had delivered lectures on the subject of Kashmir in over 50 Mosques and several universities in Malaysia.

Azmi Abdul Hamid said that Malaysia, in collaboration with Azad

Kashmir, would establish a cultural centre in Muzaffarabad. This, he said, would be the flagship project of AJK and Malaysian cooperation. He added that MAPIM would also explore possibilities of trade ties between Azad Kashmir and Malaysia.

Sardar Masood Khan thanked MAPIM for establishing the 'Malaysia-Kashmir' group led by Mohammad Fadhil bin Yusni, Coordinator...