UKPNP Seminar on 25th, Sep 09 Brussels

At the end of the seminar following resolutions were passed.

1-We urge the Government of Pakistan to ensure effective and honourable representation of the two million people of Gilgit Baltistan in their own Legislative Assembly with full lawful authority. An independent judiciary and civil services commission be created and Government of Pakistan ahs to ensure that the people of Gilgit and Baltistan are not discriminated against at Universities, Health care facilities, interms of fundamental rights and freedoms and other centres of learning in the region. We the representatives of different political parties from the region, civil society and human rights activists emphasize on Government of Pakistan to revisit its package, which reflects old packages and policies. It is also widely understood in the region that aims of policy makers has always been to subjugate people, marginalise them in fundamental rights, strengthen undemocratic forces promote communalism, extremism and hatred to divide the people and plunder the natural resources. We emphasize that in the democratic Governance Chief Minister has the right to select the cabinet, but in Gilgit Baltistan these powers would rest with the Governor and Prime Minister of Pakistan through its councils. We appreciate the change of name of this region as Gilgit Baltistan.

2-We also demand that in bureaucratic set up local people must be given priority without any discrimination of caste, colour creed, political opinion and social orientation.

3-We recall Government of Pakistan, and the world community not to change the natural and geographic boundaries of this region, and any act to change its demography and violation of State subject rule of 27th April-1927, would not only rejected but shall be resisted which would have dire consequences for the whole region.

4-The peace loving people of Gilgit Baltistan are having democratic and human rights endeavour. Their aspirations should be supported by the world community to have access to a transparent and accountable system of Governance.

5-We call on world community under the umbrella of the United Nations including Human Rights organizations, civil society movement and European Union to support us in social, economical and political emancipation, that our languages and culture must protected and the plundering of natural resources must stop and these resources should be properly exploited for the well-being of our people and social and economical development of the region, instead of filling the pockets of few greedy individuals.

We the participants of this august seminar warmly welcome and vehemently appreciate the statement of Libyan president Mr. Qaddafi that Jammu & Kashmir should recognised as an independent state. To foster peace, prosperity, stability and development in the entire south Asian region. We believe that it is only tool to defeat the forces of fundamentalism, extremism and fanaticism in our region.

Jamil Maqsood
General Secretary
United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) Belgium

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