Islamabad: A prayer gathering was held at the central office of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC-AJK) in Islamabad to pay rich tributes to Shaheed-e-Millat Muhammad Maqbool Butt and Shaheed-e-Kashmir Muhammad Afzal Guru.

According to Global Mirror, the event was presided over by APHC-AJK Convener Ghulam Muhammad Safi and was attended by senior Hurriyat leaders, activists and workers. The participants paid glowing tributes to Shaheed Maqbool Butt, Shaheed Muhammad Afzal Guru and all martyrs of Kashmir, describing their sacrifices as the foundation, driving spirit and guarantor of the Jammu and Kashmir freedom struggle.

Addressing the gathering, speakers said that Maqbool Butt and Afzal Guru were iconic and unforgettable leaders of the Kashmiri freedom movement who, through their supreme sacrifices, gave permanence, resilience and ideological clarity to the struggle. They said both leaders were hanged by Indian courts in haste and bias without proving any crime, in blatant violation of universally accepted principles of justice, which remains a black stain on India’s so-called democratic and judicial system.