UJC seeks ‘full military support’ from Pakistan

Muzaffarabad : Warning that the situation in Kashmir valley was worsening beyond control in the wake of alleged atrocities by Indian forces, leaders of various armed Kashmiri groups on Saturday called on Islamabad to extend them “full military support”, reported Dawn news the leading Pakistani English daily in Islamabad.
“India’s entire leadership and institutions are unanimous in their nefarious designs to annihilate the Kashmiris and their economy […] Their brutalities and bloodlust is unprecedented in history and the situation is getting out of control,” observed Syed Salahuddin, head of the United Jihad Council (UJC), at a press conference at Muzaffarabad’s Central Press Club.
The UJC brings together around a dozen groups fighting the government forces in Kashmir, of which Salahuddin’s Hizbul Mujahideen is the largest constituent.
Leaders of almost all member outfits accompanied Salahuddin at the presser, which coincided with the observance of a ‘Black Day’ to condemn India’s invasion of Jammu and Kashmir on this day in 1947.