Kashmir Solidarity Day is being observed today
Last updated on: 05 February,2021 09:07 am
Kashmir Solidarity Day is being observed today
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Kashmir Solidarity Day is being observed today to express whole hearted support of Pakistani nation to the just struggle of Kashmiri people for their inalienable right to self-determination under the UN resolutions.
The day will expose worst ever oppression perpetrated by India against Kashmiris in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K).
On the occasion, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan will address a public gathering at Kotli in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. One minute silence will be observed at 10:00 am across the country.
Solidarity walks will be arranged in Islamabad, Muzaffarabad, Gilgit and four provincial headquarters.
Human chains will be formed at Kohala and other important points linking Pakistan and Azad Kashmir.
Radio Pakistan, Pakistan Television and private channels will broadcast special programme to express solidarity with the oppressed Kashmiris of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
PUNJAB
In Punjab, several government departments will hold Kashmir rallies and gatherings at Divisional, District and Tehsil level during the day.
Punjab Chief Minister, Sardar Usman Buzdar has appealed to public to actively participate in these rallies and gatherings.
He said that these rallies will give a clear message to the Modi Government that Kashmir belongs to Pakistan and always remains so.
In Provincial Capital Lahore, major and small political parties besides several social, academic and non-governmental organizations will hold Kashmir rallies and gatherings.
GILGIT-BALTISTAN
In Gilgit-Baltistan, protest rallies will be organized in all districts of three divisions to condemn state terrorism and brutalities of Modi government against Kashmiri people.
In Gilgit, main protest rally will start from Benazir Chowk which passing through main bazar will convert into a public gathering at Attihad Chowck in the city.
President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan has said that Kashmir Solidarity Day is the identity of strong bonds between Pakistani and Kashmiri people which is being observed form past decades with great zeal and fervor and it also Verily demonstrates the religious, cultural and social identity and strong coordination between Pakistani and Kashmiri people.
AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan in his message said that Pakistan’s emotional attachment is with their Kashmiri brothers and sisters living other side of Line of Control (LOC) are traditionally observing Kashmir solidarity day with great enthusiasm.
He said that the phenomenal of February 5 solidarity Day is that it is not only being observed by Kashmiri people from both sides of the LOC but it is also being marked in Pakistan and all over the world by Kashmiri and Pakistani community besides, the other communities with great zest and passion added.
The AJK President said that Kashmir people had annexed their future with Pakistan before its existence and we have proud on this historical decision, as the Pakistani nation has never left Kashmiri alone at any critical juncture and said that Pakistani and Kashmiri people are entangled with each other.
He called upon the UN and world powers to feel the pain of Kashmiri people who have been suppressed by Indian occupied forces for last 73 years and has let lose the reign of terror in IOK and demanded to take notice of gross human rights abuses and put pressure on India to stop its violation in IHK and adopt UN resolutions with letter and spirit.
He said that India failed to break the will of Kashmiri people for many decades despite using draconian laws against unarmed Kashmiri people which could not deter them from demanding their birth right , the right of self-determination, he added.
Masood said the sustainable peace in south Asian region is only possible when the long lasting Kashmiri issue would be settled as per the wishes and aspirations of Kashmiri people.
The Prime Minister of AJK Farooq Haider pledged the Kashmiri people that 220 million Pakistani,4.5 million people of AJK and 2 million people of GIlgat Baltistan are at their back in their just struggle for freedom and told that Kashmiri brothers should never feel themselves alone and assured that the day was not away when they will breath in free atmosphere of freedom he said added.