Kashmiris prepare to mark black day: A call against illegal occupation of IIOJ&K
PESHAWAR (APP): The Kashmiris living in all provinces of Pakistan including Khyber Pakthunkhwa and Azad Kashmir are all set to observe Kashmir black day on Sunday.
They would hold banners and placards to condemn the illegal occupation of Indian Illegally Occupied Jummu and Kashmir by India on October 27, 1947.
From Chitral to Khyber and Waziristan to Kohistan, thousands of Kashmiris settled in all districts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa have planned different programs including protest demonstration, walks and rallies to strongly condemn the illegal landing of Indian troops at Srinagar 77 years ago which is sheer violation of Indo-Pakistan patrician plan and UN Charter.
Besides rallies and seminars, photo exhibitions highlighting Indian forces’ war crimes and human rights abuses would be highlighted.
The day would dawn with special prayers in mosques for progress and prosperity of Pakistan and liberation of IIOJK from Indian yoke.
A big protest demonstrations from civil Secretariat upto Khyber Road planned. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session for Sunday were called that would likely to present resolution against India’s brutality.
Similarly, debate competitions on different aspects of the lingering issue and significance of UN Security Council’s resolutions would be held in schools and colleges of Khyber Pakthunkhwa.
Transporters and Rickshaw unions also planned rallies in front of press club in connection with the day.
Professor Dr Ejaz Khan, former Chairman, International relations Department at University of Peshawar said that India went against Indo-Pakistan’s partition plan after illegally landing its troops in Srinagar on October 27, 1947 that was widely condemned by the international community.
He said Kashmirs stood up against India’s illegal occupation and launched the freedom movement that led to independence of Azad Kashmir.
On August 5, 2019, he said India had made a deep-rooted conspiracy to rob Kashmiris of their history, language and ethno-cultural identity after abolishing the special status of IIOJK.
He said Indian occupation forces’ continued oppression, human rights abuses and organized state terrorism at IIOJK were one of the root causes of an indigenous freedom movement in the held valley that was virtually turned into the world’s largest jail in modern history.
He said India can’t change IIOJK autonomous status unilaterally in presence of UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, and the illegal acts of the fascist Modi Govt taken on August 5, 2019 were neither endorsed by the UNSC nor by any foreign country.
He said the Hinduvata regime was now repenting after internationalizing the Kashmir dispute that put peace in South Asia at stake.
Dr Ejaz said the strategic stability has been threatened by India as it continues to receive abundant supply of conventional and non conventional weapons, adding the unprecedented increase in India’s military budget and expenditures in recent years have characterized the global security landscape as grim.
He said the illegal occupation of Kashmir valley by India negated multiple articles of the 30 fundamental human rights of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) drafted by representatives from all the regions of the world including India on December 10, 1948 and subsequently was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
“This declaration was applied to all the signatory members of the UN including India and restrained them from all kinds of abuses, exploitation, maltreatment and violence besides violation of any fundamental rights protected in UDHR.”
He urged international community to look beyond trade and business interests and step forward with collective action to stop genocide of oppressed Kashmiris besides pressurize Modi government to reverse all its illegal actions of August 5, 2019 and give right of self-determination to them for lasting peace and stability in South Asia.
