KARACHI:The Kashmir Solidarity Day was observed in Karachi and other parts of the country to support Kashmiri people in their struggle for getting right to self-determination.
A one-minute silence was observed at 10:00 am to pay tribute to the martyrs of Kashmiri people who have sacrificed their lives for their rights. A public holiday was announced in the country to commemorate the day with befitting manner.
In Karachi, leaders of the Jamaat-i-Islami organized Kashmir Conference at Hsaan Square. Various political and social parties staged rallies across the city.
In Hyderabad, Jamaat-i-Islami district Ameer Hafiz Tahir Majeed and others addressed rallies and said government should take serious the issue of Kashmir.
In Sukkur, the JI leaders and activists took out rallies from Fawara Chowk to Press Club to express solidarity with Kashmiris.
In Badin, JI leaders and activists observed the day by taking out rallies from DCO Chowk to Badin Press Club to express solidarity with Kashmiris.
Kashmir Day was also observed in Tharparkar, Mithi, Thttha, Matli, Talhar, and Jacobabad.
A ceremony to mark the Kashmir Solidarity Day was held at D-Chowk in Islamabad today, which was attended by Minister for Kashmir Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur, parliamentarians, students and people from various walks of life.
In Lahore, a ceremony was held this morning at Aiwan-e-Karkunan-e-Tehreek-e-Pakistan, the Mall, under aegis of Nazria-e-Pakistan Trust in this regard.
Former President of Pakistan and President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians Asif Ali Zardari has said that sooner than later Kashmir will be librated and hoped to witness this in his lifetime.
He said that Kashmir free of Indian occupation according to the will of Kashmiris is part of the manifesto of Pakistan Peoples Party. PPP has a history of support for Kashmir cause. Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto raised Kashmir issue at every forum in the world.
Asif Ali Zardari said that libration from Indian occupation and exploitation is a basic and democratic right of Kashmiri people. PPP has always advocated solution of Kashmir issue through UN resolutions. He asked of the government to form parliamentary groups to raise the issue worldwide so that support for Kashmiri’s rights could be mustered.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the Kashmir Valley is a symbol of Heaven on Earth planet, which the Indian forces have bathed in blood of Kashmiri youth, men, women and even children. The freedom movement of Indian occupied Kashmir is nearing a success and the Indian occupation would soon die once and for all.
He said that his grandfather Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s speech at the UN GA is the landmark spoken document on Kashmir. He had rejected India’s claim on Kashmir as integrated part of India and that is the best position he took and is based on reality. PPP has this position even today and would adhere to that position until the occupied Kashmir is freed from Indian yoke.
Bilawal said the people of Pakistan commemorate the Kashmir Day on February 5 each year and it is a candid clear message to the Indian government and its tyrant forces that Pakistan and Kashmir are not two but one as they are chained in one religion, culture and traditions.
The PPP Chairman said that the UN should now act on its own resolution on Kashmir as political workers and intellectuals in India are also accepting today that Kashmir is a disputed territory and India could not sustain its occupation on Kashmir for longer time.
Bilawal said that PPP and Kashmiris struggle are two sides of a coin and the party would keep supporting the Kashmir cause at every national and international foras.
No power on earth could hold India longer with its tyrant occupation of Kashmir Valley and soon the occupied valley of Kashmir would enjoy freedom as per the aspirations of its people”, vowed the PPP Chairman.