Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) in a statement issued from its central Information office has paid rich tributes to Late Dr. Farooq Haider Malik on his death anniversary.

According to the statement the party spokesman Muhammad Rafiq Dar said that Dr. Farooq Haider was the founding member of JKLF and the current freedom struggle of Jammu Kashmir. He was the most revered leader of the party who along with his family had migrated from Jammu during 1947 while some of the family members were martyred by goons in Jammu during the migration, the spokesman added.

Rafiq Dar informed that Late Dr. Farooq Haider was a very close associate of Baba-e-Quam Shaheed Muhammad Maqbool Butt and Quaid-e-Tehreek Late Amanullah Khan. He said that Dr. Farooq sb was a selfless man who for being the pioneer of the current freedom struggle stood by his ideology.

According to the spokesman Dr. Farooq was a great social worker who would always take care of the needy people of the society. He had great association with Maqbool Butt, Amanullah Khan, G. M. Mir, Abdul Khaliq Ansari Adv, Sardar Rasheed Hasrat, G. M. Lone, Mir Qayoom, Mir Manan, Iqramullah Jaswal, Maj. Amanullah and Majeed Amjad Butt like stalwarts of the freedom movement who stood by their oath taken at Suchitgarh in 1965 while holding the soil of their motherland (Jammu Kashmir) in their hands, the statement read.

Rafiq Dar on behalf of entire party leadership paid rich tributes to Dr. Farooq Haider Malik for his unmatched and unforgettable services he has rendered in the freedom struggle of Jammu Kashmir. He further said that the legacy of these stalwarts is being taken forward by the new Kashmiri generation who, like them, are committed to take it to the logical conclusion of the establishment of a sovereign and an independent State of Jammu Kashmir.

The spokesman while remembering Dr. Farooq Haider on his death anniversary today offered prayers for his magfirah and for his soul remains in an utmost peace and highest place in Jannah.