Round Table Session by Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies

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Speakers at a round table session arranged by PICSS Islamabad shed light on the prolonged occupation of JK by India.

A round table session was held at Islamabad in which President KYA Dr. Syed Mujahid Gilani elaborated the importance of hammering the dates related to Kashmir. He detailed the young audience about the 27th October and how it is taken by international historians. In his presentation, Dr. Gilani made a pictorial representation of the on-ground situation. There has been a mass influx of non-Kashmiris post abrogation of article 370 into the valley as part of a system colonial design. India is trying with all its might to put up a fake image of normalcy in IIOJK by holding summits and initiating mega projects related to development and construction. The Kashmiri nation however is continuing to resist the Indian hegemony by all means.

Other guests included Lt. Gen. Naeem Khalid, Altaf Wani, Dr. Adam Saud and Dr. Umer from Bahria University.