MIRPUR: State-controlled Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST)-sponsored 5th All Azad Jammu and Kashmir Inter-Universities Speech Competition 2024 centered on “Demographic Engineering by India in IIOJ&K and Its Impact on the Right to Self-Determination” here called upon the United Nations to ensure early grant of right to self-determination to the volatile Jammu and Kashmir state population.
It was demanded under the spirit of its resolutions on the unresolved global conflict besides taking stringent action against India for her August 5, 2019 forced changing IIOJK special status.
Directorate of Student’s Affairs of Mirpur University, in collaboration with the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Cell (J&KLC) and the Must Literary Society (MLS), organized the All Azad Jammu and Kashmir Inter-Universities Speech Competition 2024 in the Mechanical Hall of the City Campus of the University here. Prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal, Director of MUST business school, presided over the session.
Mirza Wajahat Rashid Baig, Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Cell; Raja Muhammad Aslam Khan, Director, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Cell; Muhammad Javed Malik, District Information Officer; and representatives of J&KLC had a special participation in the 5th All Azad Jammu and Kashmir Universities Speech Competition 2024.
The panel of judges to determine positions among the debaters was composed of Farrukh AwaisChaudhary, District education Officer, Mirpur; Dr. Nisar Ahmed Gorsi, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology; Ms. Ambreen Rahim, Lecturer, Department of English; and Ms. Shamoon Hashmi, MUST Almuni.
Anika Tahir from the Department of International Relations secured the first position, followed by Afeera Javed from the Department of Allied Health Sciences (Medical Lab Technology) in second place, and Marusha Kamran Hashmi from the Department of International Relations clinched the third position in the All Azad Jammu and Kashmir Inter-Universities Speech Competition of 2024.
Ansir Ali Khan, Deputy Director of Students Affairs, Naveed Shah, Admin Officer, and MLS organized the proceedings of the event.
Meanwhile, Azad Jammu Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar Haq and Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs, Gilgit-Baltistan Engineer Amir Muqam held a detailed meeting at Jammu Kashmir House in the federal metropolis.
They discussed mutual concerns, including the political and human rights situation in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), and ongoing development projects in Azad Jammu Kashmir.The federal minister reiterated Pakistan’s unwavering political, moral, and diplomatic support for Kashmiris’ legitimate struggle for the right to self-determination.
He condemned the atrocities inflicted by Indian forces in IIOJK and assured full support for timely completion of development projects in Azad Kashmir.PM Haq congratulated Engineer Amir Muqam on his appointment as federal minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan.
He highlighted Kashmiris’ unconditional love for Pakistan and updated the minister on the progress of ongoing development projects in Azad Jammu Kashmir.
