A delegation of political, religious and Kashmiri leaders, led by Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Chaudhary Abdul Majeed, met with chief of Jamaat-e-Islami's (JI) Karachi chapter Muhammad Hussain Mahenti at Idara-e-Noor Haq on Sunday.
The team included opposition leader in Kashmir Assembly Farooq Haider, Chief of JI Azad Kashmir Abdur Rasheed Turrabi, Chief of JUI-F Azad Kashmir Maulana Saeed Yousuf, representative of All Pakistan Kashmir Muslim Conference Sagheer Chugtai, Ghulam Muhammad Safi of Hurriyat Conference, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar of Mirwaiz Group, Rafeeq Dar of the Liberation Front and MQM's Parliamentary leader in Azad Kashmir Assembly Tahir Khokhar.
The delegation prayed for the departed souls of former JI Chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed and Naib Ameer Prof Ghafoor Ahmed and lauded their struggle for the Kashmir cause.
Talking to media persons, Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Chaudhary Abdul Majeed said that the Kashmiri people would not be deterred in their struggle for freedom by the atrocities of Indian Army, adding that Kashmiris would continue to wage the 65-year-old struggle for independence till they accomplished their goals.
"All Kashmiri leaders are united on one-point agenda of freedom...Kashmiris are also fighting the war for Pakistan also," he said.
Abdul Majeed urged the media to highlight the Kashmir issue at international level. He also appealed leaders of all political and religious parties to keep the Kashmir issue their top political priority.
Meanwhile, JI Karachi Chief Muhammad Hussain Mahenti presented party manifesto to the PM of Azad Kashmir. "JI has a clear stance over the Kashmir issue ... it will not allow friendship with India to harm the Kashmir issue," he said.