Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmad has condemned the arrest of Kashmiri leaders Syed Ali Gilani, Mir Waiz Omer Farooq and Yasin Malik by the Indian army on Monday, taking strong exception to direct fire on the protestors.In a statement issued on Monday, Qazi said New Delhi was violating all norms of human rights in order to crush the freedom struggle of Kashmiris. He said the march of tens of thousands of Kashmiris towards the Pakistani side of Azad Kashmir was ample proof that the struggling people of Kashmir would not rest until they secured independence from Indian occupation.
Qazi blasted the mum of the UN and the world human right bodies and the government of Pakistan. Kashmiris, he said, were fighting the war of Pakistan. "Leaving them destitute and unattended in their hour of need would be great injustice towards their cherished dream of joining Pakistan," he said. "In this backdrop," he opined, "any effort to normalise relations with India, through trade and exchange of cultural troupes, is highly condemnable."