SRINAGAR, 20 May 2021, (TON): The Kashmiris all over the world and the leadership of All Parties Hurriyat Conference have paid rich tributes to top Hurriyat leaders, Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq and Khawaja Abdul Ghani Lone as well as the victims of Hawal massacre on their martyrdom anniversaries. This reminds of Indian brute actions against unarmed innocent Kashmiris. 

The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Geelani in a statement issued in Srinagar paid high tributes to the martyred Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq and Khawaja Abdul Ghani Lone and all other Shaeeds who sacrificed their lives to join Pakistan. He said that all brave-hearts of the Kashmiri nation were sacrificing their youth for the cause of freedom. 

The APHC in a statement in Srinagar, while paying tributes to the martyrs said that both the leaders played a most significant role for the Kashmiris’ movement for right to self-determination. 

Meanwhile, the Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat forum in a statement in Srinagar said that a dearly loved and popular leader Shaheed Mirwaiz led his people from the front in their political struggle. It added that Molvi Farooq was also a great preacher and religious scholar whose services in the educational and social uplift of the Kashmiri people would always be remembered. 

Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq was shot dead by Indian agencies at his residence in Srinagar on 21 May 1990. More than 70 Kashmiris were killed in Hawal area when when Indian troops opened fire on his funeral procession. On the same day, in 2002, Khawaja Abdul Ghani Lone was killed by Indian agencies, when he was returning from Eidgah after addressing a public gathering.