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What right have you given to Kashmiris under your control: Sheikh Abdullah asked Pakistan

In 1975, Sheikh Abdullah delivered a speech from Srinagar's Lal Chowk, slamming Pakistan for sending tribesmen to invade Kashmir, while questioning the state of the people living in PoK.

Today they [Pakistan] appeal to the world that resolutions are being violated. Today they send their letters to the United Nations saying that Abdullah and Indira are violating resolutions. Which resolutions do they name? Are they the same resolutions which only yesterday they called scraps of waste paper? Was that statement correct or is this one? You are pining for the right of self-determination for the people of Kashmir; I want to ask: those 1.5 million Kashmiris under your control—have you given them that right? Have you given them the freedom to shape their destiny as they wish? You are appealing to the world, you are abusing India, but what is the situation in your own home?

I would only believe you were an honest person, I would only believe your words and deeds were one, if you had given those 1.5 million of our brothers the right to live there with dignity, honor, and freedom. Then I would understand that yes, Pakistan does what it says. No, this is not the case. I know you don’t need the people of Kashmir; you need the forests of Kashmir, you need the water of Kashmir, you need the beautiful atmosphere of........

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