ISLAMABAD: Accession to Pakistan Day was marked across the country on Tuesday while condemning the Indian brutalities in occupied Kashmir and showing solidarity towards the Kashmiris for their right of self-determination.
Public and private organisations arranged seminars, conferences and discussion programmes for the day and condemned the Indian forces’ brutalities in occupied Kashmir. All Parties Hurriyet conference titled ‘Bleeding Kashmir: Call for Attention’ was arranged in Islamabad by the Kashmir Youth Forum and other stakeholders in connection with Accession to Pakistan Day.
The speakers in a unanimous resolution condemned the killings of innocent Kashmiris in the Indian-held Kashmir and urged the government to call a joint session of the Parliament to covey a strong message to the international community that Pakistan stands with Kashmiris in their just cause.
They also called for arranging separate conferences to highlight the Kashmir issue at national and international level and demanded that the conference of International Union of Journalists should also be called to adopt a strategy against the attacks on journalists in the occupied Kashmir.
The resolution demanded the release of political prisoners and to lift the ban imposed on political delegations’ visits. Speakers said that Accession to Pakistan day is also celebrated by Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) every year.
Leader of the House in Senate, Raja Zafarul Haq, said that the international community, Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC), United Nations and Human Rights Council will not come forward to resolve the Kashmir issue unless Pakistan makes the issue an important part of its national agenda. He said that the government has to change its policies regarding India on trade and other matters to make the Indian government realise that the killing of innocent Kashmiris cannot be compromise.
Kashmir Committee Head Maulana Fazlur Rehman, National Assembly Member Ijazul Haq, Senator Sherry Rehman, Former ambassador Masood Khan, Jamat-e-Islami Representative Sameeha Raheel, renowned journalist Hamid Mir and leaders of APHC among others spoke on the occasion.
On July 19, 1947, the Kashmiris adopted a historic resolution from the platform of All Jammu Kashmir Muslim Conference in Srinagar demanding accession of the state of Jammu Kashmir to Pakistan in accordance with the Partition Plan and the two nation theory.
The resolution reflected the aspirations of the majority of the people of Jammu Kashmir to protect their religious, economic and political rights. Kashmiris want that India should withdraw its forces from the occupied territory and allow the people to decide their own destiny in accordance with the resolutions of United Nations (UN) since India had been denying them this right.
Consequently, the freedom struggle launched by Kashmiris is still going on unabated. The Kashmir issue has also become a flash point for the international community and a ‘Black Day’ against the recent atrocities being committed by the Indian forces in the Indian-held Kashmir would also be observed on Wednesday.
