Hurriyet leaders including Hakeem Abdul Rasheed, Muhammad Yousuf Naqash, Bilal Sidiqi, Syed Bashir Andrabi and Ghulam Muhammad Khan Sopori have said that well defined transparent stand, strong unity and sincere and committed leadership is imperative for the success of ongoing freedom movement.

The leaders in a joint statement in Srinagar appealed to all the pro-freedom leaders and parties to unite under the banner of the forum headed by pragmatic, bold and sincere leader of the ongoing movement, Syed Ali Gilani. They said that only this forum under Syed Ali Gilani’s leadership truly represented the wishes and aspirations of freedom loving majority of Jammu Kashmir.

“Unity of words and deeds is in the interest of freedom movement and only unity that also under the commanding leadership of Gilani Sahib will take this movement to the logical conclusion. Strong unity will take care of mission of our martyrs,” they said.

The leaders strongly condemned the arrest of the Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Aasiya Andrabi, and continued house detention of Syed Ali Gilani and Shabbir Ahmad Shah. They appealed to the international community to help the Kashmiris get freedom from the Indian subjugation and to impress upon India to stop its unabated state terrorism in occupied Kashmir.