Black Day on Feb 11: JKLF
SRINAGAR, FEB. 07: (ONS) The Jammu and Kashmir
Liberation Front has
paid tribute to Mohammed Maqbool Butt and descibed him
as ˋthe
foremost among martyrs'.
A session of its leading activists held
at Front
headquarters today formulated the programme for 11th of February
to
commemorate the death of Mohammed Maqbool Bhat. It has decided
to
observe it as a Black Day against ˋIndian aggression and butchery".
A
Front statement said that Maqbool had laid down
his life to rid Kashmir of
alien occupation. "This sacrifice has opened
a fresh chapter in Kashmir
history and resurrected the Kashmir issue.
His dream of an independant and
soveriegn Kashmir will soon be
realised," the statement said. "The
subterfuges and cunning maneuvers
employed to subvert his ambition failed to
shake his rock-steady will
and there was no wavering to his invincible
resolve. On the 11th of
February, 1984, the government of India put him to
the gallows in
Tihar jail" after thirteen years of incarceration. The flame
of liberty
kindled by the martyr has drawn many, like moths to a candle, to
carry
forward his mission," the statement said.
The meeting was
attented by leading front leaders and district heads.
Advocate Bashir Ahmed
Butt presided.The Front has endorsed the APHC
call for a general strike on
Friday the 11th of February.
