Pakistan expresses solidarity with Kashmiris on 91st Youm-e-Shuhada-e-Kashmir

Pakistan expresses solidarity with the Kashmiri people on 91st Youm-e-Shuhada-e-Kashmir.

Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad in a statement said the government and people of Pakistan are today solemnly observing the 91st Kashmir Martyrs’ Day.

He paid homage to the 22 Kashmiri martyrs who rendered the ultimate sacrifice while braving the indiscriminate force unleashed on them in 1931 by the Dogra forces.

The Spokesperson said Kashmiris are still struggling against India’s illegal occupation. He further said even today, the 900,000-strong Indian occupation forces continue to hold hostage the Kashmiri people under the worst form of military siege to perpetuate their wrongful occupation of Jammu and Kashmir.

Asim Iftikhar Ahmad once again urged India to immediately halt its state-terrorism in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, cease all human rights violations, release all political prisoners, lift the in-human military siege, stop its attempts to change the demographic structure of the occupied territory, and let the Kashmiri people exercise their legitimate right to self-determination.

The Spokesperson called upon the international community, international human rights organizations, and particularly the United Nations and its human rights mechanism to take cognizance of the dire human rights and humanitarian situation in the IIOJK and ensure peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant UNSC resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Peace in South Asia impossible without resolving Kashmir issue: Sanjrani

Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani has said lasting peace in South Asia is impossible without resolving the Kashmir issue.

In his message on Kashmir Martyrs' Day, he said the day is not far away when Kashmiris’ dream of independence will be materialized through their struggle for their right to self-determination.

The Chairman said the international community should take notice of the atrocities being committed by the Indian occupation forces in IIOJK and play its role in ending the ongoing human rights violations in occupied valley.

On the occasion, Deputy Chairman Senate Mirza Muhammad Afridi, in his message, said atrocities and barbarism of the Indian occupying forces deserve severe condemnation.

Leader of the House Azam Nazeer Tarar and the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Dr. Shehzad Waseem have also expressed solidarity with the people of Occupied Kashmir and said that atrocities against Kashmiris would not stifle their voice for independence.

Source: Radio Pakistan