Glowing tributes paid to Late Javaid Iqbal Rashid on his 1st Anniversary
London- England: 27 June 2021-
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) organised a special memorial event to pay tribute to the memory of the prominent Kashmiri campaigner and social worker Late Javaid Iqbal Rashid to commemorate his 1st death anniversary. His JKLF colleagues, family, friends and well-wishers attended the event in large numbers.
Proceedings of the memorial gathering were conducted by Mahmood Hussain, ex-President of JKLF UK zone. Proceedings started with the Tilawat-E-Quran by Allama Tariq Shah Sahib, Imam of Masjid Oawais Qarni and Naat by Ahtisham Parvaiz.
Speakers lauded the role of Late Javaid Rashid and said that his death in June 2020 has also left a huge vacuum in JKLF ranks and also charitable work that he had co-ordinated since the devastation of the October 2005 earthquake in Kashmir.
Speakers said that Javaid Rashid was a dedicated and committed member of the JKLF who loyally served the party since last 4 decades. They praised his selfless devotion to the cause of freedom and said that his interaction with others was always determined by his sense of duty and service for the national cause. He is being greatly missed by the organisation and his colleagues, and termed his demise as a great loss and a blow to the JKLF and the freedom struggle.
The speakers concluded that the most appropriate tribute to Javaid Rashid’s memory and his legacy would that the leadership and party workers alike follow and adopt his example of self less devotion and duty to the cause of freedom and justice for over 15 million people of divided Jammu Kashmir.
Messages of condolence were read out on behalf of Prof Zafar Khan, Head of JKLF diplomatic bureau. Senior leader of JKLF Malik Latif Khan also spoke over the phone from Kotli Azad Kashmir.
Those who also spoke on this occasion and paid rich tributes to late Javaid Rashid’s contribution to the struggle included Tariq Sharif, Sanawar Hussain, Mahmood Faiz, Asghar Rashid, Yousauf Chaudhry, Sabir Gul, Rizwan Sharif, Imran Javaid, Zeeshan Javaid and Mehmuna Javaid.
Press Secretary,
JKLF, London Branch
