Key points
• Kashmir Solidarity Day being observed
• Pakistan PM, president highlight Indian atrocities
• Support for Kashmir reiterated
• Moment of silence observed
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s political leadership has urged upon the international community to put pressure on India to allow the Kashmiri people to freely determine their own future for lasting peace in South Asia.
Radio Pakistan reported that the country’s President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have urged upon the world to put pressure on India to allow the people of Kashmiri to freely determine their own future for lasting peace in South Asia.
In his message on Kashmir Solidarity Day being observed Wednesday, President Asif Ali Zardari said this day reminds the international community of its responsibility towards the oppressed Kashmiri people.
UN should honour promises
He said the United Nations should honour the promises made to the Kashmiris 78 years ago and support their struggle for their right to self-determination.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in his message, said the right to self-determination is a fundamental principle of international law but the Kashmiri people have not been able to exercise this right even after the passage of the last seventy-eight years, Radio Pakistan reported.
He stated Pakistan will continue to offer its unwavering moral, diplomatic, and political support to the Kashmiri people till the realization of their right to self-determination.
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, the Service Chiefs, and the Pakistan Armed Forces have reaffirmed their unwavering support for the resilient people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir in their just struggle for self-determination, Radio Pakistan reported.
In a statement, the ISPR said armed forces of Pakistan strongly condemn the ongoing grave violations of human rights in IIOJK.
These transgressions stand as a stark indictment of India’s blatant disregard for international law, humanitarian principles, and fundamental human rights.
Kashmir Solidarity Day
According to Radio Pakistan, Kashmir Solidarity Day is being observed today to express the wholehearted support of the Pakistani nation to the just struggle of Kashmiri people for their inalienable right to self-determination under the UN resolutions.
In connection with the day, solidarity walks are being organized across the country and Azad Kashmir. In Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, a rally is being held on Constitution Avenue.
One minute silence has been observed at ten am to pay homage to the martyrs of Kashmir.
Posters and billboards have been displayed around important avenues, airports, and railway stations to highlight the plight of Kashmiri people and expose Indian atrocities.