In occupied Kashmir, senior APHC leader, Shabbir Ahmed Shah has said that permanent peace in South Asia is linked with the settlement of the Kashmir dispute. According to Kashmir Media Service, Shah talking to various delegations in Islamabad on Sunday maintained that the Kashmiri people had rendered matchless sacrifices to secure their right to self-determination.
He said that the Kashmiris were determined to continue their liberation struggle till its logical end and the sacrifices of the Kashmiri martyrs would not go wasted. The APHC leader pointed out that India could not succeed in suppressing Kashmiri's struggle through use of brute force.