Islamabad
President, Dr Arif Alvi, has called a special session of the Senate on August 5 to reiterate Pakistan’s resolve and commitment to the Kashmir cause and to raise voice against continued Indian atrocities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The session will commence at 10.30am on Wednesday and will be held on a single point agenda on Kashmir, according to a statement issued by the Senate Secretariat on Tuesday. The session will also urge international community to exert pressure on India to stop its hostilities in the region.
Parliamentary leaders will take part in the debate on Kashmir and a resolution will also be passed at the conclusion of the debate.
President Arif Alvi will attend the session and address the upper house, according to the statement. Besides, the Senate hall will be bedecked with flags of Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
A special booklet is to be prepared by the Senate and will contain information on the role the Senate of Pakistan has played over the years for the Kashmir cause, including the conference held last year, resolutions passed, and other steps.
This booklet will be sent to 56,000 parliamentarians around the world and international human rights organisations, read the statement, which mentioned that ambassadors of different countries are also to be invited to the Senate session.
Members of the Senate will also take part in the walk being held at Constitution Avenue on August 5 to mark the day as Youm-e-Istehsal.
The Senate session was announced earlier last month by the Senate chairperman. The house had tasked Mushahid Hussain Sayed, the chairperson of the Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee with preparing the recommendations for the special session.
Meanwhile, according to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Youm-e-Istehsal day will be observed on Wednesday in solidarity with of people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K).
On August 5, 2019, the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government repealed the special status of Kashmir and placed it under military siege.—KMS
