President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan has asked India to unshackle Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, open the doors of prisons, and allow the youth there to live their lives in peace and freedom.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Kashmir Premier League at Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, the President welcomed the players and cricket fans and said that the youth in AJK have the freedom to play and opportunities for education and economic development.

He said young people in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir are being selectively killed, the doors of prisons and jails have been opened for them and the doors of education and employment have been closed for them.

President Khan said that we want to send a message to India from this beautiful cricket stadium surrounded by mountains in the beautiful valley of Muzaffarabad that we will play with freedom, and a day will come when similar matches will be played in Srinagar, Jammu, Ladakh, Baramulla, Rajouri and Poonch of the occupied Kashmir.

He said that India should allow Kashmiris to breathe freely as it has also banned Kashmiris from breathing freely. "We also want to send a message to the rulers in Delhi to learn from today's historic day and let Kashmiris in IOJK play freely," he said.

Sardar Masood Khan thanked Herschelle Gibbs for taking on BCCI, not capitulating to their pressure, and taking a firm decision to join Kashmir Premier League. He said the participation of Herschelle Gibbs in the Kashmir Premier League gained international media attention after he called out BCCI for threatening and stopping him from participating in the KPL.