Europe, June 03: He raised his voice against Pakistan's policy of treating Azad Kashmir as its colony and also fought for the rights of Kashmiris. He was a vocal critic of the fact that the region was being used for training militants by the Pakistan army. Arif Shahid, a prominent nationalist leader, was brutally killed on May 13 in Rawalpindi by Pakistani state agencies. He was buried in his native village Kooyan in Rawalakot in the presence of his family members, and party workers.
