A rally in connection with the Youm-e-Istehsal was held at Constitution Avenue in Islamabad on Monday to register protest against Indian government’s illegal action of August 5, 2019, revoking the special status of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Addressing the rally, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar said the step taken by the Indian government five years ago is an open violation of the United Nations resolutions and the UN Charter.
He said if India considers itself champion of democracy then it should open Occupied Kashmir for foreign observers to assess the atrocities being perpetrated by the Indian occupation forces.
Ishaq Dar said India cannot succeed in its nefarious designs by abrogating the special status of illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir through rescinding Article 370 and 35-A of its constitution aimed at changing the demography of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
He said the incumbent government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is fighting the case of the people of Kashmir at all international forums including the United Nations, Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Ishaq Dar said Pakistan will continue to extend its strong political, diplomatic and moral support to Kashmiri people till realization of their inalienable right to self-determination as enshrined in the United Nations Security Council resolutions.
He said India cannot suppress the freedom movement of Kashmiris and should announce holding plebiscite. The Deputy Prime Minister said that founding father Quaid-e- Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had declared Kashmir jugular vein of Pakistan and it will become part of Pakistan.
Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan, Engineer Amir Muqam in his remarks said that Kashmir dispute will stay alive until the Kashmiri people get right to self-determination.
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Convener, AJK Chapter, Ghulam Muhammad Safi said the people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir are not alone in their struggle but the people of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir are standing by them. He said Jammu and Kashmir can never be part of India.
He said this territory is jugular vein of Pakistan and it will become part of Pakistan.
