Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced Saturday that the Pakistan will hold mark August 5 as ‘Yaum-e-Istehsal’ day.
“The whole nation should unitedly raise voice against the military siege imposed by New Delhi in Kashmir a year ago after the revocation of its special status and convey a message to the Kashmiris that they were not alone in their struggle for the right to self-determination, Pak FM Shah Mehmood was quoted as saying by Pakistani media.
“On the day (August 5, 2019), the JK’s flag was downed, the Kashmiris were put behind the bars, and perhaps today no Eid prayer congregation was held in Srinagar,” he said.
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The Kashmiri people had been facing immense difficulties, pain and persecution under the continued military siege for the last one year, he added.
The Pak foreign minister said he himself would visit the Line of Control on August 3 to deliver a message that the Pakistani nation stood with the Kashmiri brethren in their just struggle for self-determination right.
Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said, would address the Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 to further highlight the Kashmiri people’s struggle for freedom and their sufferings at the hands of Indian forces.
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