Masood urges Muslim Ummah to unite for cause of Kashmir.

ISLAMABAD -- President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan has said that Kashmiri brothers and sisters are facing Indian repression like never seen before.

They, he said, are imprisoned in their homes and are being made to live without any basic amenities.

He made these remarks while interacting with a 14-member delegation of religious scholars including Naif Bin Hassan Bin Hussainy, Haji Imdad Memon and Waleed Panhwar who called upon the President here at Jammu and Kashmir House on Monday.

The President on the occasion said the whole of the Muslim Ummah is like one body. Palestine and Kashmir are in turmoil and the whole Ummah is in pain because of the oppression faced by our brothers and sisters living there. 'We must unite and alleviate the sufferings of the Kashmiris and Palestinians', he said.

The AJK President said that Kashmir has been made an open air prison where the people are being tortured, maimed and blinded. They are living through the darkest hour of their history, he added.

He urged the religious scholars to pray for the Kashmiris living under oppression.

He said that the Modi led BJP-government in a pre-meditated manner is making Kashmiris homeless in their own homeland. He added that laws and conditions...

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