​​​​​Freedom                             Democracy                        Equality

THE UNITED KASHMIR PEOPLE’S NATIONAL PARTY (UKPNP) HELD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMON UNITED KINGDOM. TITLED: "KASHMIR CONFLICT: REUNIFICATION OF THE HISTORICAL STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION." THE CONFERENCE HOSTED BY THE HONORABLE RICHARD BURGON, A DISTINGUISHED LABOUR PARTY POLITICIAN AND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR LEEDS EAST. DRAFT RESOLUTIONS THE UKPNP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD AT THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT ON 26TH NOVEMBER 2024. RESOLUTION 1: REUNIFICATION OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR FOR REGIONAL PEACE. THE CONFERENCE EMPHASIZES THE URGENT NEED FOR THE REUNIFICATION OF THE ERSTWHILE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AS A CRITICAL STEP TOWARD ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE PEACE AND STABILITY IN SOUTH ASIA. REUNIFICATION IS SEEN AS ESSENTIAL FOR FOSTERING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, REDUCING HOSTILITIES, AND PROMOTING CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN. THE RESTORATION OF THE REGION’S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY IS URGED AS A CATALYST FOR LONG-TERM PEACEBUILDING AND REGIONAL COOPERATION. RESOLUTION 2: GUARANTEEING FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN PAKISTANI-ADMINISTERED AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR. THE CONFERENCE CALLS UPON THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN AND AUTHORITIES IN AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, INCLUDING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, ASSEMBLY, AND SPEECH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS. IT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER INCREASING RESTRICTIONS ON PEACEFUL PUBLIC GATHERINGS, THE ENACTMENT OF REPRESSIVE LAWS, AND OTHER MEASURES THAT UNDERMINE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE. THESE RESTRICTIONS MUST BE REPEALED IMMEDIATELY TO RESTORE A DEMOCRATIC AND JUST SOCIETY. PAKISTAN IS FURTHER URGED TO WITHDRAW ITS EXTERNAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FROM THE REGION, INCLUDING LENT OFFICERS, TO ENHANCE LOCAL AUTONOMY AND GOVERNANCE. RESOLUTION 3: ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE ASSEMBLY’S RESOLUTION ON SPECIAL STATUS THIS CONFERENCE ACKNOWLEDGES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RECENT RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE ASSEMBLY, ADVOCATING FOR THE RESTORATION OF SPECIAL STATUS AND STATEHOOD. IT RECALLS INDIA’S ENTRY INTO THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR UNDER THE TREATY OF ACCESSION IN 1947, WHICH PLACES THE RESPONSIBILITY ON INDIA TO ENSURE THE UNIFICATION OF THE REGION AND THE PROTECTION OF KASHMIRI LIVES, LIBERTIES, AND PROPERTIES. THE CONFERENCE CALLS UPON INDIA TO HONOR ITS COMMITMENTS AND PLEDGES MADE TO THE PEOPLE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR. THE RESTORATION OF STATEHOOD, INCLUDING THAT OF LADAKH, AND THE REINSTATEMENT OF SPECIAL STATUS ARE DEEMED VITAL FOR ADDRESSING THE GRIEVANCES AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE KASHMIRI PEOPLE WHILE ENSURING JUSTICE, PEACE, AND DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES. RESOLUTION 4: ENSURING EQUAL POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR THE CONFERENCE EXPRESSES SERIOUS CONCERN OVER THE EXCLUSION OF PRO-KASHMIR POLITICAL PARTIES, INCLUDING THE UNITED KASHMIR PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY (UKPNP), FROM REGISTERING WITH THE ELECTION COMMISSION IN AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR. IT STRONGLY CONDEMNS COERCIVE MEASURES THAT FORCE POLITICAL PARTIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO PAKISTAN, UNDERMINING DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS. THE CONFERENCE CALLS UPON PAKISTAN TO REPEAL ALL DISCRIMINATORY LAWS THAT OBSTRUCT THE REGISTRATION AND PARTICIPATION OF PEACEFUL DEMOCRATIC PARTIES. IT URGES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRANSPARENT AND INCLUSIVE ELECTORAL PROCESS THAT ALLOWS ALL POLITICAL ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO PARTICIPATE FREELY, WITHOUT PRE-SCREENING OR COERCION, THEREBY ENSURING POLITICAL PLURALISM AND DEMOCRATIC INTEGRITY. RESOLUTION 5: ADDRESSING PROXY WARS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR THE CONFERENCE CONDEMNS THE USE OF PROXY WARS AND PROXY POLITICS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR WHICH HAS ADDED TO THE SUFFERINGS OF ITS PEOPLE. THE CONFERENCE FURTHER URGES PAKISTAN AND INDIA TO STOP INDULGING IN THIS INSANE PHENOMENON OF PROXY WAR WHICH HAS WREAKED HAVOC WITH THE LIVES OF KASHMIRIS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BORDERS BESIDE CREATING A SPECTER OF A TERRIBLE CONFLICT THAT MIGHT ESCALATE INTO A NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST GIVEN THE DOMINANCE OF WAR MONGERS IN THE POLITICS OF THE TWO SOUTH ASIAN NUCLEAR STATES. IT ALSO ASKS ISLAMABAD TO END ITS POLITICAL INTERFERENCE THAT HAS PREVENTED SECULAR AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES FROM FREELY PARTICIPATING IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS OF THE REGION. IT CALLS FOR THE IMMEDIATE DISMANTLING OF TERRORIST INFRASTRUCTURE IN AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND THE CESSATION OF OPERATIONS BY BANNED OUTFITS IN THE REGION. THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE CONFERENCE BELIEVE THAT THE PROTECTION OF LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY IS THE FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL STATES AND THEY MUST PERFORM THIS DUTY. WIDESPREAD HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE PERPETRATED BY EXTREMIST GROUPS AND EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE BY SECURITY AGENCIES, MUST END IMMEDIATELY. THIS CONFERENCE URGES INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO PRIORITIZE THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADHERE TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS BESIDES ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE PEACE AND JUSTICE IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR. RESOLUTION 6: CALL FOR IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF POLITICAL DETAINEES IN AZAD KASHMIR THIS CONFERENCE UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMNS THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF PEACEFUL POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN AZAD KASHMIR. WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF ALI SHAMRAIZ, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED KASHMIR NATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION (UKNSO), RASHAD AHMED, AND ALL OTHER POLITICAL DETAINEES. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT PAKISTAN UPHOLDS FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND FULFILLS ITS INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. THE ONGOING SUPPRESSION OF POLITICAL VOICES UNDERMINES THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY. THIS CONFERENCE STANDS FIRMLY IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE WHO PEACEFULLY ADVOCATE FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS. MUZAFFARABAD –THE HISTORIC 3RD CONTRAL CONVENTION OF THE UNITED KASHMIR NATIONAL STUDENTS ORGANIZATION (UKNSO) HELD IN MUZAFFARABAD CENTRAL ON 22 OCTOBER 2024 OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE STUDENT WING OF THE UNITED KASHMIR PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY (UKPNP) ELECTED. UKNSO AND UKPNP COMMEMORATED OCTOBER 22 AS "BLACK DAY" – OBSERVED THE 22 OCTOBER 1947 TRIBAL INVASION BY PAKISTAN, WHICH ATTACKED THE SOVEREIGNTY OF FORMER PRINCELY STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, SOWED THE SEEDS OF FORCED DIVISION AND MASS KILLINGS AND OCCUPATION. A MASSIVE RALLY WITH NEWLY ELECTED UKNSO LEADERSHIP, STUDENTS, AND UKPNP CENTRAL LEADERS FILLED MUZAFFARABAD’S STREETS WITH SLOGANS AGAINST THE INVASION AND FORCED DIVISION OF HISTORICAL STATE OF JAMMU KASHMIR AND DEMANDING FREEDOM. PROTESTERS WERE CHANTTING SLOGANS INCLUDED: HUM NAHI MAANTE ZULM KE YEH ZAABTEY HUM KYA CHAHTEY? AZAADI! SHAUKAT KASHMIRI QADAM BARHAO HUM TUMHARE SAATH HAIN JABRI NATEY TOD DO, KASHMIR HUMARA CHHOR DO AAR PAAR JOD DO, KASHMIR HUMARA CHHOR DO DARYA HUMARE, QABZA TUMARA , NA MANZOOR. NA MANZOOR. MULK HUMARA , QABZA TUMARA, NA MANZOOR.NA MANZOOR. WASAIL HUMARE QABZA TUMHARA , NA MANZOOR, NA MANZOOR. DAM HUMARE , QABZA TUMRARA , NA MANZOOR , NA MANZOOR. NEWLY ELECTED LEADERSHIP OF UKNSO AS FELLOW ALI SHAMRAIZ - PRESIDENT-- BILAL SAGHIR - GENERAL SECRETARY, HUMA KHAN - SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, MAAZ KHAN - VICE PRESIDENT, RAJA HASHIR KHAN - VICE PRESIDENT, HAMMAD FAROOQ - DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, IZZAH KAZMI - ADDITIONAL SECRETARY GENERAL, DANIYAL ISHTIAQ - JOINT SECRETARY, RAJA USMAN - FINANCE SECRETARY, MUBASSIR KASHMIRI - PUBLICITY SECRETARY, SAAD RAJPUT - CHIEF ORGANIZER, KASHIR JAZBI - DEPUTY ORGANIZER, OATH ADMINISTERED BY SENIOR VICE CHAIRPERSON OF UKPNP, MADAM SARDAR TANIA. SARDAR SHAUKAT ALI KASHMIRI CHAIRMAN UKPNP , CENTRAL COBINET , ZONAL AND OVERSEAS LEADERS AND MEMBERS CONGRATULATED TO NEWLY ELECTED OFFICE BEARERS OF UKNSO. HISTORIC 7TH CENTRAL CONVENTION OF THE UNITED KASHMIR PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY (UKPNP) HELD IN KOTLI ON AUGUST 24/25 , 2024. CENTRAL CABINET OF UKPNP IS ELECTED.THE NEWLY ELECTED CENTRAL CABINET INCLUDES SARDAR SHAUKAT ALI KASHMIRI AS CENTRAL CHAIRMAN; MADAM TANIA GUL SENIOR VICE CHAIRPERSON; AFRAIZ SHAHEEN VICE CHAIRMAN; SARDAR ISHTIAQ AHMED KHAN SECRETARY GENERAL; RAJA MUHAMMAD AZAM DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL; ISHTIAQ AHMED MIR CHIEF ORGANIZER; MAHBOOB BHATTI JOINT SECRETARY; SYEDA NIGHAT GARDEZI SECRETARY WOMEN'S AFFAIRS; SARDAR NASIR AZIZ KHAN CENTRAL SPOKESPERSON; JAMIL MAQSOOD PRESIDENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE; FARIA ATIQUE SECRETARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE; RAJA ZAHID GULZAR SECRETARY FINANCE BOARD; SARDAR TIKKA KHAN TAHIR SECRETARY PUBLICITY BOARD; SYED MUSHARRAF GILANI SECRETARY YOUTH AFFAIRS; SARDAR RASHID HUSSAIN SECRETARY LABOR AFFAIRS; ALONG WITH OTHERS MEMBERS OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES WERE ELECTED. DURING THIS HISTORICAL CONVENTION A NEW CENTRAL CABINET WAS ELECTED, DEMONSTRATING THE PARTY'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF UNITY, PEACE, AND THE LIBERATION OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR. THE CONVENTION WAS ATTENDED BY CENTRAL LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF UKPNP'S CENTRAL, ZONAL, REGIONAL, AND OVERSEAS BRANCHES WITH GREATEST ENTHUSIASM AND COMMITMENTS. PARTICIPANTS ARRIVED IN LARGE NUMBERS FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS OF AZAD KASHMIR AND GILGIT BALTISTAN, FORMING A LARGE RALLY THAT MARCHED THROUGH KOTLI CITY BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE CONVENTION VENUE. THE CITY AND VENUE ECHOED WITH PASSIONATE AND REVOLUTIONARY SLOGANS SUCH AS "WE WANT FREEDOM!" "FREEDOM IS OUR RIGHT!"END FORCED DIVISION" LEAVE OUR KASHMIR!"QUIT OUR COUNTRY,OCCUPATION IS UNACCEPTABLE!" "OUR RESOURCES,YOUR CONTROL IS UNACCEPTABLE!" UKPNP: LONG LIVE UKPNP:> RESOLUTIONS PASSED UKPNP 7TH CENTRAL CONVENTION: THE UNITED KASHMIR PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY (UKPNP), A SECULAR AND DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL ORGANIZATION, IS DEDICATED TO THE PEACEFUL PURSUIT OF CIVIL SOCIETY, POLITICAL, SOCIO-ECONOMIC, AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE HISTORICAL STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INCLUDING AZAD KASHMIR, GILGIT BALTISTAN, AND THE DIASPORA KASHMIRIS. THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS WERE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED AT THE 7TH CENTRAL CONVENTION: AFFIRMATION OF POLITICAL UNITY:> THE ERSTWHILE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR INCLUDING PARTS ARE RECOGNIZED AS ONE POLITICAL ENTITY. ITS UNIFICATION, STABILITY, PROSPERITY, AND SOVEREIGNTY ARE OUR ULTIMATE GOALS. STATUS OF AZAD KASHMIR AND GILGIT BALTISTAN:> AZAD KASHMIR AND GILGIT BALTISTAN ARE DECLARED LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL PARTS OF THE FORMER STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR. RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS ARE CAUTIONED AGAINST UNILATERALLY ALTERING THE STATUS OF THESE REGIONS, AS SUCH ACTIONS COULD SERIOUSLY AFFECT THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR DISPUTE AND PROVE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. JAMMU KASHMIR STATE SUBJECT RULE OF 1927:> EMPHASIZE THAT THE JAMMU KASHMIR STATE SUBJECT RULE OF 1927, WHICH PROVIDES IDENTITY AND SPECIAL STATUS TO ALL CITIZENS OF THE FORMER PRINCELY STATE, MUST NOT BE VIOLATED OR TAMPERED WITH IN ANY FORM. FORMATION OF A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY:> DEMAND THE FORMATION OF A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM AZAD KASHMIR AND GILGIT BALTISTAN TO EMPOWER LOCAL PEOPLE UNTIL THE KASHMIR CONFLICT, ONE OF THE OLDEST CONFLICTS ON THE UN AGENDA, IS RESOLVED. RIGHT TO LIFE AND HUMAN RIGHTS:> ASSERT THAT THE RIGHT TO LIFE IS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT, WHICH IS VIOLATED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LINE OF CONTROL IN THE DIVIDED STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR. WE URGE RESTRAINT FROM THOSE WIELDING WEAPONS, AS VIOLENCE ONLY ADDS TO THE MISERY AND SUFFERING OF THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF AGGRESSION, EXTREMISM, AND VIOLENCE SINCE 1947. THIS FORCED DIVISION AND SUFFERING MUST END, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO ENJOY THEIR FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND RIGHT TO LIFE. EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL:> EXPRESS STRONG RESOLVE THAT HUMAN RIGHTS MUST NOT BE SELECTIVE. EQUALITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND JUSTICE MUST BE GUARANTEED FOR ALL CITIZENS. INTERESTS OF NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES:> ACKNOWLEDGE THAT INDIA AND PAKISTAN HAVE INTERESTS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR, BUT OUR INTERESTS MUST BE PARAMOUNT, AS WE ARE THE PRINCIPAL PARTY TO THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR DISPUTE. CONDEMNATION OF LAND GRABBING:> STRONGLY CONDEMN THE GROWING ‘LAND GRABBING’ IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE HISTORICAL STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR BY STATE AND NON-STATE ACTORS, AS WELL AS OTHER INFLUENTIAL INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ILLEGALLY AND FORCEFULLY SEIZING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROPERTY, HILLTOPS, AND TOURIST RESORTS. NATURAL RESOURCE EXPLOITATION:> CRITICIZE THE SYSTEMATIC PLUNDERING OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEGA DAMS THAT DIVERT THE NATURAL FLOW OF RIVERS IN THIS DISPUTED TERRITORY. THESE ACTIONS CAUSE SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FOR LOCAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER. URGE AN END TO THE EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEMAND OWNERSHIP OF WATER, OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE DAMS ALREADY BUILT WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE. STOP PROMOTION OF EXTREMISM AND VIOLENCE:> RECOMMEND THAT THE GOVERNMENT TAKE EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO CONTROL THE ACTIVITIES OF THOSE WHO PROMOTE EXTREMISM, VIOLENCE, AND INTOLERANCE IN AZAD KASHMIR AND GILGIT BALTISTAN. FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT:> EMPHASIZE THAT FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT. ALL CITIZENS OF THE FORMER PRINCELY STATE OF JAMMU KASHMIR WHO HOLD STATE SUBJECT CERTIFICATES SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO FREELY MOVE WITHIN BORDERS TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. GOVERNMENTS SHOULD ISSUE SPECIAL ELECTRONIC CARDS TO FACILITATE TRAVEL WITHIN JAMMU AND KASHMIR, ENABLING FORCIBLY DIVIDED FAMILIES TO MEET AND INTERACT. RESPECT FOR THE STATE SUBJECT NOTIFICATION OF 1927:> URGE THE GOVERNMENTS OF PAKISTAN AND INDIA TO RESPECT THE STATE SUBJECT RULE OF 1927, WHICH GRANTS A SPECIAL STATUS TO THE PEOPLE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR. STOP SETTLING PEOPLE IN DISPUTED TERRITORIES TO CHANGE THE DEMOGRAPHY OF THE AREA. CONCERNS ABOUT RELIGION AND VIOLENCE:> EXPRESS DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE POLICY OF USING RELIGION AS A WEAPON AND VIOLENCE AS A TOOL TO ADVANCE POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC AGENDAS, SUPPRESSING DEMOCRATIC AND PROGRESSIVE VOICES. ABOLITION OF DISCRIMINATORY LAWS:> DEMAND THE ABOLITION OF DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AND ACTS THAT PREVENT PRO-INDEPENDENCE PARTIES, GROUPS, AND INDIVIDUALS FROM PARTICIPATING IN ELECTIONS. NATIONALISTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE WITCH-HUNTING OF PRO-INDEPENDENCE KASHMIRIS, RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, AND JOURNALISTS MUST BE STOPPED. IMPORTANCE OF PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE CONTACTS:> HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE CONTACTS TO BUILD BRIDGES OF CONFIDENCE AND HELP RESOLVE DISPUTES. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO OPEN ALL TRADITIONAL ROUTES OF THE FORCIBLY DIVIDED STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR SO THAT PEOPLE CAN INTERACT, ERADICATE MISUNDERSTANDINGS, DIFFERENCES, AND HATRED. SOUTH ASIA’S ROLE IN GLOBAL POLITICS:> UNDERSTAND THAT SOUTH ASIA HAS A TURBULENT HISTORY WHERE THE INTERESTS OF MANY COUNTRIES CLASH WITH THOSE OF THE REGION. WE MUST ENSURE THAT JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND SOUTH ASIA DO NOT BECOME BATTLEGROUNDS FOR A ‘NEW COLD WAR’ OR A ‘NEW GREAT GAME’. WE MUST LIVE TOGETHER IN SOUTH ASIA, FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY, AND WORK TOGETHER TO COUNTER THREATS OF TERRORISM, VIOLENCE, AND XENOPHOBIA. PROTECTION OF KASHMIRIS IN PAKISTAN:> EXPRESS SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT THE KILLINGS OF KASHMIRIS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF PAKISTAN. RECENT MONTHS HAVE SEEN SEVERAL KASHMIRIS RESIDING IN PAKISTAN KILLED, WITH NO CULPRITS ARRESTED OR PUNISHED. WE URGE PAKISTAN TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO SAFEGUARD THE LIVES, PROPERTY, AND LIBERTIES OF KASHMIRIS WITHIN ITS BORDERS AND UNDER ITS ADMINISTRATION. WE ALSO CALL FOR ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES AND THE FACILITATION OF THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT:> DEMAND THE LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS ON PEACEFUL ADVOCATES FOR BASIC POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RIGHTS IN GILGIT BALTISTAN, WHO FACE STRICT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION. THE UKPNP DEMANDS THE IMMEDIATE LIFTING OF THE BAN ON STUDENT UNIONS, SO THAT EDUCATED, TALENTED, AND CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP CAN EMERGE. THE UKPNP IS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ONGOING WARS AND THEIR DESTRUCTION AROUND THE WORLD. WARS ARE NOT A SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS; INSTEAD, THEY LEAD TO THE DESTRUCTION OF HUMANS AND THE BANKRUPTCY OF ECONOMIES. THE UKPNP CALLS FOR MEANINGFUL AND IMMEDIATE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF ONGOING WARS IN PALESTINE, UKRAINE, AND OTHER COUNTRIES AND REGIONS, AND FOR THE RESTORATION OF PEACE. THE UKPNP STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE POLICIES AND ACTIONS OF GLOBAL WAR CAPITAL, WHICH ARE NOT ONLY KEEPING OLD CONFLICTS ALIVE BUT ALSO CREATING NEW ONES TO SELL THEIR WEAPONS, LEADING TO THE DESTRUCTION OF HUMANS AND COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SINCE 1947, THE PEOPLE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF AGGRESSION, EXTREMISM, AND VIOLENCE. THIS FORCED DIVISION AND SUFFERING SHOULD END SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY THEIR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE. RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION:> EMPHASIZE THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION, AS ENSHRINED IN THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS. STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF ALLOWING THE PEOPLE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR TO FREELY DETERMINE THEIR FUTURE STATUS. RESOLUTION OF THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR CONFLICT:> THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR CONFLICT IS NOT A TERRITORIAL DISPUTE BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN; HENCE, IT CANNOT BE RESOLVED BILATERALLY. THE PEOPLE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, AS THE PRINCIPAL PARTY TO THE DISPUTE, MUST HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON THE FUTURE OF THEIR MOTHERLAND. UKPNP URGES THAT JAMMU KASHMIR CONFLICT SHOULD BE RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONS AND AS PER THE WISHES AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE NATIVES OF THE ERSTWHILE PRINCELY STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR.

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​​On the historical day of 16th March-1846 more than  170 years before the state of Jammu & Kashmir was created by Mahrajah Gulab Singh. 
This great achievement  was destroyed in 1947, by the newly created state of Pakistan by the British colonial masters. The successive Dogra dynasty has developed former states in all areas. Out of 564, princely state in contemporary era the Jammu & Kashmir was first where people were granted Right to Vote and elect their representatives. The great Mahrajah Hari Singh introduced state subject rule in 1927, that protected the land of the state from foreign encroachment. The people of all divided regions wish to reunite once again and we are peacefully striving for the United States of Kashmir. 

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                 United States of Kashmir



In early 90’s UKPNP  had propounded a concept for resolving the Kashmir issue in order to avoid any further strike between two big rivals India and Pakistan, which can now even more dangerous being Nuclear power. This concept is “United States of Kashmir” in other words converting both parts of Kashmir into an independent state free from Pakistan & India control includingVALLEY, DARDISTAN, BALTISTAN (Northern Areas) LADAKH, POONCH, KISHTWAR, BROSHAL and JAMMU region.

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​​As a prerequisite to the move, UKPNP has charted the following roadmap, which believed to be the most effective in order to step forward for the final phase:

It might be necessary to take the first step towards the reduction of Indian and Pakistani forces from the Kashmir borders.
The immediate and complete cessation of military, paramilitary and militant action.
Withdrawal of the military presence from towns and villages.
Releasing of political prisoners.
Changing cavalier attitudes towards human rights violations, especially custodial tortures and killings and Intelligence agencies harassment.
Restoring the rights of peaceful association, assembly and demonstration.
Permitting the Kashmiri leadership that favors a negotiated resolution to travel abroad without hindrance.
Permitting the Exiled  leadership of Jammu and Kashmir to travel back home and give them a formal assurance of their safety,security,life and liberty.

Creating necessary conditions and providing facilities for an intra-Kashmiri dialogue involving both sides of the LOC.
These are indeed very sensible proposals from a representative body which may provide a logical framework for the solution of the Kashmir dispute. But India and Pakistan would both have serious reservations about converting Jammu Kashmir into an independent state. Both India and Pakistan should grab it with sincerity and a spirit of accommodation. They must show broad political vision and strive for a satisfactory solution. It would be advisable that as a first step the Kashmir issue should be freed from the clutches of the secret agencies of both countries and hard-liner bureaucrats, and tackled with political wisdom and foresight.

Pakistan too should abolish the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Lent officers called back to Islamabad. The Indian governor, who is the de facto ruler of Occupied Kashmir, and the both armed forces, which are on Kashmiri soil to crush the struggle for self-determination, should be pulled out according to UNCIP resolutions. The elected government should be allowed to function freely with the full cooperation of all indigenous political groups.

Since India is also in favor of full autonomy for Occupied Kashmir, it is time for Pakistan to consider this seriously and make it a basis for further negotiations on Kashmir.

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The State of Jammu Kashmir is one political entity; and the entire State, which includes areas of Gilgit Baltistan, so called Azad Kashmir, Jammu, Valley of Kashmir and Ladakh is disputed.


Appreciates recent dialogues between India and Pakistan; and sincerely hope that both countries will resolve the Kashmir dispute through a process of dialogue, and by adopting all peaceful means and in accordance with aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir State.

The time When this idea was being announced UKPNP was known as JKPNP and to make this more effective and awareness Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri changed the party name from JAMMU KASHMIR People’s National Party (JKPNP) to UNITED KASHMIR people’s National Party (UKPNP) in 1994 and UKPNP manifesto is all based on United States of Kashmir concept, as UKPNP leadership belief there is only one most effective and durable solution for this valley  is a United independent and free Kashmir.

Exiled Chairman UKPNP Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri ,Jamil Maqsood,Sajid Hussain Presenting the Map of United States of Kashmir to Emma Nicholson at European Parliament

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The status of Nationalities in New Kashmir

Our party is struggling to establish a just society in Kashmir in which all the nationalities would enjoy equal status. Till we organize our national liberation movement keeping all the nationalities involved, we cannot
translate our dream of just Kashmir. All the nationalities will enjoy equal rights in new Kashmir. To this end our approach will be as under:-

1. Because Kashmir is a multi-nationalities and multicultural state. Therefore, new national democratic state will be formulated on the principles of multi-nationality, United States. In other words, new state will be shaped on the free and voluntary co-operation among the nationalities. This unity will continue on free and voluntary principles.

2. In this new democratic state all the nationalities will enjoy their social, economic and cultural rights with constitutional guarantee and safety.
3. In this multi-nationality United States all the nationalities will avail equal opportunities of free development and growth with constitutional guarantee. In addition special steps will be taken to bring backward nationalities at par.
In this new national democratic state, the right of self-determination and separation will be acknowledge if any nationality would like her free and independent government, she would be constitutionally allowed to do so.

5. In this new national democratic state, all the nationalities will get equal share in higher institutions of power and authority. Moreover equal opportunities will be given for the promotion of their cultures, language and literature at national level.

Political Status
 

 1. In multi-nationalities United States, all the nationalities will enjoy the status of province with authority. They will play equal important sole in formulation of higher political structuring of this united democratic state. Moreover, the new state formulated by these nationalistic will be named as United State of Kashmir. These nationalities will be named as United States of Kashmir. It means that united nationalities in democratic state will get its formation by free and voluntary principles of unity,
 

 2. The states comprising this united Kashmir will have the status of provinces. These provinces will be free to promote their customs, language, literature and religious faiths. In United Kashmir, the nationalities comprising it will have constitutional surety for free and equal development and growth. The nationalities of united Kashmir who will enjoy the status of powerful provinces are:-


1. The democratic state of Kashmir (Valley)
2. The democratic state of Gilgit (Dardistan)
3. The democratic state of Baltistan.
4. The democratic state of Jammu (Dograt).
5. The democratic state of Ladak,
6. The democratic state of Broshal,
7. The democratic state of Poonch,
8. The democratic state of Kishtwar.


The united states of Kashmir will come into existence by free and voluntary unification of different nationalities. Basically it will be multi-nationality United States and its basic functions will be to unite these different units into one and to promote a just national relationship among them for all covering progress and growth. Because this state will be a federation of the said nationalities. Therefore, its foundation will
be laid on the voluntary unity. As a result federating units will enjoy full rights to promote and lead their lives according to their cultural and religious faiths.