PoK leaders condole demise of Srinagar-based Kashmir University s professor Riyaz Punjabi ANI | Updated: Apr 09, 2021 18:37 IST
Zurich [Switzerland], April 9 (ANI): Exiled political leaders from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have condoled the demise of Prof Riyaz Punjabi, former Vice-Chancellor of Srinagar-based Kashmir University.
Prof Riyaz died after a brief illness at his Delhi residence on Thursday (April 08). Born in Srinagar, Punjabi was conferred with the Padma Shri in 2011.
In a joint statement Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, exiled chairman of United Kashmir People s National Party (UKPNP), party s central Leaders Dr Shabir Chaudhry, Jamil Maqsood, Sardar Nasir Aziz Khan, Sardar Amjad Yousaf, Sajid Hussain, Usman Kiyani, Asif Abbas, Mohammed Zia Mustafa, Sikander Abbas, Sardar Tariq and others said that we are deeply saddened and shocked to hear about the sad demise of Professor Riyaz Punjabi.
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UKPNP said that we never opposed development in the region but we always demanded from Pakistan for improvement of local people of Gilgit Baltistan
Natives of our areas are denied ownership of their natural resources, royalty, and self-governance, basic human and fundamental rights, it said
New Delhi: Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, exiled chairman of the United Kashmir People s National Party (UKPNP), said that Gilgit Baltistan is a historical and legal part of the disputed state of Jammu Kashmir. Since Gilgit-Baltistan is a historical and legal part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, we have serious concerns and strongly oppose, and condemn Pakistani attempts to annex Gilgit Baltistan as its part, he said, while talking to the media.
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