Kashmir solidarity day to be observed tomorrow

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ISLAMABAD/MUZAFFARABAD, (SANA): Pakistan and Azad Kashmir governments have announced to observe Kashmir solidarity day tomorrow (on Sunday).

The arrangements have been finalized to observe the Kashmir Solidarity Day throughout Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, besides rest of the world to show solidarity with the Kashmiri people.

Prime minister of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani would address to the joint session of Kashmir council and legislative assembly while awards would be given to the people working for Kashmir cause during a ceremony in convention centre Islamabad.

Special programs would be telecast from various channels and one minute silence would be observed as the sign of solidarity with Kashmiri brothers at 10.am.

Rallies would be carried out in Pakistan and AJK while meetings and seminars also have been organized by the various religious and political parties.

Observing of this day means renewal of the pledge to provide all-out moral, political and diplomatic support to their legitimate right to self-determination being denied by India for the last 63 years by keeping Held Kashmir under unlawful and forcible occupation.

In AJK, all necessary arrangements have been finalised to observe the day with traditional zeal and fervour, and with the renewal of the Kashmiris affirm resolve to continue their struggle for liberation of their motherland from the Indian yoke in order to reach their ultimate destination – Pakistan, through the accession of entire J&K state to this country under the spirit of the historic July 19, 1947 resolution, unanimously passed in the meeting of All Jammu Kashmir Muslim Conference in Srinagar.

It would be a public holiday throughout the country and in Azad Kashmir to show solidarity with the Kashmiris living under the subjugation of India.

Kashmiris too observe the solidarity day every year not only to renew their deep-rooted love and affection for Pakistan but also to reiterate their commitment to get their freedom from the Indian occupation.

The day will dawn with special prayers for the martyrs of Kashmir, success of the freedom struggle and expression of solidarity with the Kashmiri people.


Kashmir solidarity day to be observed tomorrow | Kashmir | South Asian News Agency

 

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We Pakistanis show our solidarity with our Kashmiri brothers and Sisters.

 

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Kashmir Solidarity Day

Kashmir, which the Founder of the Nation termed the jugular vein of Pakistan, has remained a stumbling block for the normalisation of bilateral relations between India and Pakistan. It is a core issue with which is connected the future of peace in South Asia. There have been several rounds of talks among successive regimes, on both sides of the fence. During the late Benazir Bhutto’s term as Prime Minister, parliamentary Kashmir Committee was formed to internationally raise awareness of the cause of the Kashmiri people and their struggle to have the UN resolutions on the state’s fate implemented. In addition to this, a contact group was set up by the organisation of Islamic Conference to mould international opinion in favour of the Kashmir cause. As far as the role of the Kashmir committee is concerned, its performance has been far from satisfactory. When the federal cabinet decided to grant MFN status to India, it initially supported the decision.

A meeting of the committee was held under the chairmanship of senior member, Afzal Sindhu, where it expressed deep concern over the grant of MFN status saying that it was likely to damage the Kashmir cause. At the same time, it said it would undermine the movement launched by the Kashmiri people to liberate their motherland from the clutches of Indian occupation forces. The committee also advised the Foreign Office to direct our embassies and consulate offices abroad to organise special events to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day on Feb 5. The committee was of the view that as long as New Delhi does not agree to resolve the Kashmir conflict, it was not possible to proceed on other areas of mutual interest including two-way trade and Afghan Transit Trade Agreement. On the other hand, India is more than willing to talk of any subject under the sun, but Kashmir. Premier Gilani’s government is bent upon availing every opportunity to interact with India, propelled by American insistence. Islamabad also recently agreed to negotiate progress on the Turkmenistan gas pipeline project with India, when Federal Minister Dr Asim met his counterpart in New Delhi. The Kashmir issue must not be put on the backburner, nor should normalisation of relations with India come at the cost of silence on the struggle of our brothers and sisters in Indian Occupied Kashmir. The sentiments of the Pakistani people reflect that the Kashmiri struggle was and continues to remain a question of life and death for them.


Kashmir Solidarity Day | The Nation