People across the globe on Sunday expressed solidarity with the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) in their legitimate struggle for the right to self-determination in accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
Embassies and missions of Pakistan organised seminars and events to highlight the longest lingering and unresolved issue on the agenda of the UN. Moreover, different nationalities and expatriates also took out rallies and held protest processions in different countries.
Tokyo
An event was organised by the Embassy of Pakistan, Tokyo to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day. The Pakistani community members and Kashmiris as well as Japanese people attended the event. Syed Faiz Naqshbandi, the convener of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, joined the event virtually.
The ambassador-designate highlighted the continuous atrocities being committed by Indian occupation forces in IIOJK. He expressed Pakistan’s full support for the Kashmir cause.
Earlier in the day, the members of the Pakistani community and Kashmiris, with banners and placards in hands, held protests in front of the UN Office and Indian Embassy in Tokyo.
Kabul
The Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul organised an event to mark the Kashmir Solidarity Day to express solidarity with their Kashmiri brethren and to pay tribute to the sacrifices made by the people of Jammu and Kashmir for their right to self-determination against the Indian brutal forces.
The ceremony was attended by Pakistani nationals in Kabul as well as officials of the Embassy of Pakistan.
In his remarks, Charge d’Affaires Muhammad Junaid Wazir stated 75 years ago on October 27, 1947, the Indian forces illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir in connivance with Dogra Raj against the will of the Kashmiris. He said that the people of the valley were looking at the international community for justice and fulfillment of its promise of holding a plebiscite according to UNSC resolutions.—KMS
