The nation is observing Kashmir Solidarity Day today with a renewed pledge to support the just struggle of the Kashmiri people for their inalienable right to self-determination.<\/p>\n
The day will feature rallies, demonstrations and seminars throughout the country. Human chains will also be formed at all entry points of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).<\/p>\n
One-minute silence was observed across the country at 10am to pay homage to the martyrs of the Kashmir freedom movement, state-run Radio Pakistan reported.<\/p>\n
In his message to mark the occasion, President Asif Ali Zardari reiterated Pakistan\u2019s steadfast moral, diplomatic and political support for the Kashmiri people, reaffirming their \u201cinalienable right to self-determination\u201d as enshrined in the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).<\/p>\n
The president said the people of Pakistan across the globe stand united with their Kashmiri brothers and sisters in their just struggle.<\/p>\n
He recalled that the observance of Kashmir Solidarity Day was initiated 36 years ago by ex-premier Benazir Bhutto following the historic Kashmiri uprising of 1989, a movement that continues to this day.<\/p>\n
President Zardari urged the international community to press India to end human rights violations in held Kashmir.<\/p>\n
He said India had intensified efforts to entrench its control through \u201cadministrative and legislative measures, curbing media freedoms, incarcerating Kashmiri leadership and attempting to alter the demographic composition of the territory\u201d.<\/p>\n
The president also highlighted what he described as grave human rights violations by Indian occupation forces, citing international reports that point to a rise in arbitrary detentions, collective punishment and punitive house demolitions.<\/p>\n
He added that the \u201csuppression of digital freedoms, including the blocking of thousands of social media accounts, reflected attempts to conceal the realities on the ground\u201d.<\/p>\n
In his message on the occasion, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called for the dispute\u2019s resolution in accordance with UNSC resolutions.<\/p>\n
He urged the international community to play an effective role in getting the Kashmiri people their \u201cinalienable right through a free and impartial plebiscite under the auspices of the United Nations\u201d.<\/p>\n
He also announced that the government has increased the monthly per capita subsistence allowance of Kashmiri refugees to Rs5,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government of Pakistan is conducting a pilot project to construct 750 residential houses at a cost of Rs3 billion,\u201d PM Shehbaz said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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