Honouring Terror: 20 Postal Stamps to Honour Terrorists killed in J&K Released by Pakistan

New Delhi: In an audacious move of nurturing terror, Pakistan’s postal department has released as many as 20 postal stamps in honour of terrorists who were gunned down by Indian Security Forces (SFs) in Jammu and Kashmir.

The tickets were issued by the Pakistan Post headquarters in Karachi to express Islamabad’s solidarity with the people of Kashmir who are “fighting for their rights” against the Indian SFs.

According to reports in the media, the tickets that have been issued in honour of terrorists including Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) terrorist Burhan Wani, Farooq Ahmed Dar who was made a human shield by Army and a mass grave found in Kashmir among others.

Many of the tickets carry very disturbing images. It said that all are the victims of atrocities of Indian security forces. It went on to describe Wani as a ‘Freedom Icon’ who sacrificed his life while fighting against the Indian security forces. At the bottom of all the postal tickets, it reads ‘Atrocities in India Occupied Kashmir’.Though the postal stamps were released in July, it was reported in the media in the recent past. It comes close on the heels of a letter from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi urging him to initiate dialogue.

However, twenty-four hours after it announced a meeting between Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers on the sidelines of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly next week, the Government of India on September 21 called off the talks, citing the brutal killing of three SPOs in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistani terrorists and the release of stamps glorifying slain militant Burhan Wani. (SATP Inputs)