KT NEWS SERVICE
SRINAGAR, Feb 10: "Maqbool Ham Sab Ka Hai" this was the title of the seminar organised by Mirwaiz faction of Hurriyat Conference to pay rich tributes to Shaheed Mohammad Maqbool Butt a day before his 24th martyrdom anniversary. Maqbool Butt was hanged in Tihar Jail in 1984. On this occasion, it was emphasised that all the freedom-loving organisations should get united to pursue the goal of freedom for Kashmir. 

Those who spoke during the seminar said that it was due to Shaheed Maqbool Butt that the Kashmir dispute has now come to the centre-stage. They said that Butt devoted his whole life to the cause of freedom for the Kashmiri nation and sowed the seeds of freedom struggle with immense zeal and zest.
"If the Kashmir issue has now reached to all the forums and institutions of the world, it is due to the tremendous work of Shaheed Maqbool Butt who spared no efforts to make sure that Kashmir issue assumes international importance. We the Kashmiris owe our gratitude to this son of soil for making it happen", said the Hurriyat leaders who spoke on the occasion.
Senior separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah, who recently joined Mirwaiz Hurriyat as part of the efforts to get separatist leadership united, said that the best way of paying tributes to Shaheed Maqbool Bhat was that all the freedom-loving organisations should get united to achieve the right of self-determination.
"It is very difficult to commemorate the martyrdom anniversaries of all the 4.5 lakh martyrs; therefore it would be ideal for the separatist leadership to fix a single date for commemorating the martyrdom of all these martyrs. this will be the greatest tribute to all of them and it will also be a reflection of a united nation," Shah stressed.
Speaking on the occasion, Bar Association president, Nazir Ahmad Ronga, who according to a Hurriyat spokesman was specially invited to attend the Seminar, said that there was no alternative except getting united if Kashmiris wanted to achieve their goal. He also called for the need to rid the society of the evils and stopping the cultural invasion from outside.
In his presidential remarks, the acting chairman of Mirwaiz Hurriyat, Moulana Abbass Ansari said that the sacrifices of the people never go waste. Paying rich tributes to Shaheed Maqbool Bhat, he said that he is still present among us because of the examples of valour and bravery he has set. Others who spoke on the occasion, included: Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Advocate Mohammad Ashraf Lone, Zaffar Akbar, Dr Hubbi and Saleem Geelani.
Meanwhile a Hurriyat spokesman today condemned the atrocities of security forces on people following the killing of a miltyant in Noorporah Tral. He said that some Hurriyat leaders including Javeed Ahmad Mir visited the locality today and offered condolences to the bereaved family and commiserations to those who were beaten up the security forces.