President Dr Arif Alvi Saturday said Pakistan wanted a peaceful resolution of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) issue in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, guaranteeing right of self-determination to the oppressed Kashmiri people.
He said the IIOJK had never been a part of India and Pakistan did not even recognize the Indian constitution, illegally enlisting the occupied territory as its part. The president was leading a Kashmir solidarity walk participated by National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaisar, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, Parliamentary Special Committee on Kashmir Chairman Shehryar Afridi, Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed, ministers, members of parliament, officers of the Foreign Office, Kashmiri leaders, media and a large number of people. The solidarity walk was taken out in front of the Ministry of Foreign Office at the Constitutional Avenue and culminated at the D-Chowk.
The participants were carrying placards and banners, and raised slogans, expressing moral, diplomatic and political support to the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir for their right to self-determination in accordance with the UNSC resolutions. The president said the day was not far when the oppressed people of IIOJK would get freedom from the Indian clutches.
He called upon the international community to ensure implementation of its promises made to the people of IIOJK regarding their legitimate right to self-determination in accordance with their aspirations.
President Alvi said in order to suppress the freedom voices, the Indian forces had imposed a complete lockdown in the IIOJK and there had been media blackout, so that the Kashmiri voices and images highlighting continuous Indian atrocities could be gouged.
Lauding the Kashmiris’ sacrifices, he said Quaid-e-Azam had termed Kashmir a jugular vein of Pakistan and the Kashmiri people were proving it by shedding their blood. He also referred to late Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani’s statement that both Kashmir and Pakistan both belonged to them, saying on the day, he wanted to reinforce such feeling.
He said with August 5 actions, the Indian government had violated the UNSC resolutions, Geneva Convention and their charters. It had breached its promises made with the international community. The president said to silence the voices, about 800,000 Indian forces in the IIOJK were conducting cordon and search operations, ensuing fake encounters with imposition of curfew whereas putting the Kashmiri leaders under house arrest. They even did not let people attend late Geelani’s funeral. Reiterating Pakistan’s moral, diplomatic and political support to the people of IIOJK, he said Indian cruelties had been continuing unabated for the last 70 years.
He said India would not succeed in its nefarious designs. “Pakistan stands with Kashmir and will continue to stand as it is part of our body,” he maintained.
