Jammu, April 21 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, cutting across their party affiliations, Muslims of Jammu have said that the puppet administration was squandering and looting the waqf property meant for the welfare of the poor Muslims.

Addressing a press conference in Jammu, various Muslim leaders pointed out that successive regimes have miserably failed to protect the waqf property in Jammu region. "Property worth crores of rupees has been squandered by the successive regimes by renting it out to the influential business houses for their own political and personal benefits and the poor Muslims of this region whose fore-fathers had donated this land for the welfare of poor Muslims, widows and orphans have been deprived of this property" they said.

The leaders maintained that the Muslims of Jammu region have been continuously denied their right to profess and practice their religion as their Mosques, Graveyards and Eid Gahs have been forcibly occupied by some anti-social elements and land grabbers.

They demanded the puppet administration to withdraw itself from the waqf affairs and allow Muslims to form a committee to deal with the waqf affairs.

Those spoke during the press conference include President of the Muslim Action Committee, Mohammad Sharief Sartaj, President Muslim Unity Forum, Advocate Ghulam Rasool Asghar, Mohammad Anwar Chowdhary, Liyaqat Ali Khan, Haji Mohammad Hussian Malik.