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The '''Kashmir Freedom Movement''' (KFM) is a people's resistance movement for complete ] and reunification of all parts of the ]. It is headquartered at Dadyal, ] in ]. The movement has argued for the inclusion and representation of the Kashmiri people in talks between Pakistan and India about the region.<ref></ref> In 2002 former president of Pakistan ] claimed India was involved in a "sinister propaganda campaign" when it claimed the movement was sponsored by Pakistan.<ref></ref>The movement was pioneered by Maqbool Butt Shaheed who was hanged by the Indian government in 1984 - his son Shaukat Maqbool argued in 2002 that Pakistan and India should open all routes between the two parts of Kashmir - and that "should peacefully initiate steps for emergence of Kashmir as an independent state".<ref></ref>

== Kashmir Freedom Movement (KFM) Aims and Objectives ==

(KFM) has actively campaigned for the freedom and independence of the State of ] from all foreign occupation since 1972. It has been successful in mobilising and activating people of ] to know their culture, history and to understand the status of their struggle for freedom and its position in today’s world.

Members of the Kashmir Freedom Movement (KFM) have been quoted as saying, “To oppress and do injustice to others is sin but to accept the life of oppression and injustice is an even greater sin.”{{Fact|date=October 2007}}

Members of KFM oppose the militarisation of the ] region and seek to regain their sovereignty and independence and re-establish their status as a nation state in accordance with the Charter of the ] so that they can live in peace and harmony within the community of nations. The KFM believes that ] belongs to all who live in it without distinction of ], and that it is not a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan but is a question of the right of self-determination of 14 million people of the region.

==Goals of the Kashmir Freedom Movement==
*] and ] should withdraw all their Military, Para-military, and other forces from ] simultaneously
*All ] violations at the hands of armed forces and their backed militants must end now.
*The freedom of speech and movement of civilians, ] and humanitarian workers through out ] without any restriction should be allowed with immediate effect.
*] should facilitate in holding free and fair elections for a representative Council comprising of members from all faiths, regions and political ideals. This council will represent and negotiate on the settlement of the Kashmir dispute with India and Pakistan.
*After a mutually agreed time frame of all concerned a free and fair ] should be held through which ] should be allowed to determine their future by exercising their universally recognized unconditional right of ].

== See also ==
* ] - History post partition is covered on this page.
* ] - Information about the conflict is covered here.
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* Jammu Kashmir Development Foundation
* The Jammu and Kashmir Freedom Front, JKFF

==References==
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