Summary One minute silence was observed at 10.00 am to express solidarity with Kashmiri brethren.
MUZAFFARABAD (Dunya News) - Kashmir Solidarity Day is being observed Wednesday to remind the international community to fulfill its commitment with the Kashmiri people for granting them their right to self-determination.
The day dawned with the special prayers for the progress and prosperity of Pakistan and early liberation of Occupied Kashmir.
One minute silence was observed at 10.00 am to express solidarity with Kashmiri brethren. It is a public holiday today.
Functions‚ seminars and rallies are being held and human chains would be formed at various bridges connecting Azad Kashmir with Pakistan.
In Lahore‚ Forum for Kashmir is organizing a seminar at the Lahore press club this afternoon in which former caretaker Prime Minister Muhammad Mian Soomro will be the chief guest.
In Peshawar‚ Yom-e-Yakjehti Kashmir rally will be taken out from Hashtnaghri Chowk to Ashraf Road. Senior provincial Minister Sirajul Haq will lead the rally.
In Islamabad‚ a group of Members of the National Assembly presented a Memorandum to the UN office.
The Memorandum emphasized that the holding of a plebiscite in the Jammu and Kashmir without further delay in accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolutions is the only way to resolve the Kashmir issue.
