Kashmir Solidarity Day to be observed tomorrow to express whole hearted support of Pak nation to the just struggle of Kashmiri people


ISLAMABAD, Feb 04 (SABAH): Kashmir Solidarity Day will be observed tomorrow (Sunday) to express whole hearted support of Pakistani nation to the just struggle of Kashmiri people for their inalienable right to self-determination under the United Nations Resolutions.

The day will also be marked to expose worst ever oppression being perpetrated by Indian occupation forces against Kashmiris in Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. One minute silence will be observed at 10:00 AM across the country.

Solidarity walks will be organized in Islamabad, Muzafarabad, Gilgit and in four provincial headquarters.

In the federal capital, the walk will be led by cabinet members including Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhry, Khawaja Asif and Chaudhry Qamar Zaman Kaira. It will be joined by the parliamentarians and people belonging to different walks of life.

Human chains will be formed at Kohala and other important points linking Pakistan and Azad Kashmir.

Posters and billboards will be displayed on important roads, airports, and railway stations to highlight the plight of Kashmiri people.

In connection with the day, debate and declamation contests as well as essay writing competitions will be organized in educational institutions across the country

“Radio Pakistan” will broadcast special programme to express solidarity with  the oppressed Kashmiris of IIOJK.

Meanwhile Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif will address the session of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly tomorrow (Sunday).

In a statement issued on Saturday in connection with Kashmir Solidarity Day, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said the Prime Minister in his address will express solidarity with the brave, zealous and freedom loving people of Kashmir on behalf of the government and people of Pakistan.

She said the Prime Minister will reaffirm Pakistan’s stand on Jammu and Kashmir dispute as well as its support to the Kashmiri people.

The Information Minister said Kashmir solidarity day is being observed across the country with full fervor on the instructions of the Prime Minister. In connection with the day, various events will be organized. Activities have also been arranged in the educational institutions.

She said special programs will be broadcast on electronic, print and social media.