JK News Today
Jammu, February 18:
Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) refugees termed the recent move of State Government in which three percent reservation was extended to Pahari Speaking People of the State, a politically motivated step.
Addressing the gathering of PoK Refugees, the chairman of SOS International, Rajiv Chuni said that the real beneficiaries are PoK Displaced Persons who are by clan Paharis and haven’t been incorporated in ambit of reservation that is yet another discriminative move to deprive PoK DPs from their legitimate rights.
Hundreds of PoK DPs across Jammu have gathered in the rally and hailed the efforts of S. O. S. International and vowed their full fledged support to the Organization over its struggle to get absolute justice for which they have been waiting for the last 7 decades.
Chuni said that the recent move of Government of extending reservation to Pahari- Speaking people proved that it has nothing to do with wellbeing of the most destitute community of the world i.e. PoK DPs as Government has taken the decision by keeping grudge in its mind. “The real beneficiaries who belong to hilly terrains of Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and Poonch kept away from the ambit of reservation is a clear indication that how serious is Government to resolve our problems and causes. It is quite surprising that a large community who by birth are Paharis, moreover who has sacrificed its all to save the State from invaders are given step motherly treatment. Government should have taken all the Pahari Speaking People of the State into consideration before granting 3 percent reservation according to their cultural, linguistic, Geographical identities but on what grounds and which logic the so called move of providing reservation to handful people hailing from two districts i.e. Poonch and Rajouri was taken”, he added.
