Islamabad:
The Darrier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar on Tuesday reaffirmed the long-standing position of Pakistan that India must grant the people of cashmere their right to self-determination in accordance with the United Nations resolutions.
Ishaq Dar addressed participants to a rally organized in Islamabad to mark Youm-E-Tistehsal-E-Kashmir (day of operation of cashmere).
“We will continue to extend diplomatic, political and moral support to the cashmere people until their inalienable right to self -determination is achieved”.
The rally started from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and culminating in D-Chowk, with the participation of federal ministers, politicians, Hurriyat leaders, students and citizens of various horizons.
He stressed that India was to “revoke all the illegal measures taken on August 5, 2019, to put an end to its oppressive measures in Jammu-Cachemire and the Kashmir of Indian illegal occupation, and lift the media failure in the region.”
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Dar said that “Pakistan will continue to extend diplomatic, political and moral support to the cashmere people until their inalienable right to self -determination is carried out”.
He stressed that “cashmere is an internationally recognized dispute, and its future cannot be determined by internal legislation or court decisions”.
The Deputy Prime Minister also expressed his concerns about media relationships suggesting that the Indian authorities are trying to “grant Jammu a state of state while keeping the cashmere valley as a union territory,” calling such movements “unacceptable and provocative”.
Reiterating the position of Pakistan, Dar said that “Pakistan believes in peaceful coexistence, but its commitment to peace should not be confused with weakness”. He added: “Islamabad wants friendly relations with all neighboring countries and prefers dialogue and diplomacy on confrontation.”
However, he warned that “the Armed Forces of Pakistan and his people are fully able to provide a resolute response to any act of aggression, as shown by Marka-E-Haq and Operation Bunyanum-Marsoos”.
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The Minister of Information and the Dissemination of Attaullah Tarar, who was also pressing during the rally, said that “cashmere is our jugular vein and that we hold firmly with our cashmiri brothers and sisters”.
He expressed his confidence that “the day is not far away when the Kashmiris will be given their inalienable right to self -determination to decide their fate”.
Tarar reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to “continue to raise the voice of cashmiris around the world for forums”.
The Minister of Kashmir and the Gilgit-Baltistan engineer, Amir Muqam, said: “August 5 is the darkest day in the history of cashmere when India had revoked the special status of cashmere to illegally change state demography.”
He added that “the Kashmiris never accepted the illegal Indian occupation on cashmere.”
In addition, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the fair resolution of the Jammu and Cashmere dispute was a key pillar of Pakistan foreign policy and urged the international community to play a role in the Mistion of Indian Human Rights Crimes at IIOJK.
In his message on the occasion of Youm-E-Tistehsaal, the Prime Minister urged the world community to put pressure on India to reverse its unilateral and illegal actions of August 5, 2019; Abrogate draconian laws and implement the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council on cashmere.
The marshal of Coas Field Asim Munnir, as well as the CJCSC, the chief of the navy, the chief of staff of the air and the armed forces of Pakistan reaffirmed their unshakable solidarity with the resilient and courageous inhabitants of the Iiojk.
The armed forces of Pakistan fully support the legitimate and continuous struggle of the cashmere people for their inalienable right to self -determination, as consulted in resolutions of international law and the United Nations Security Council, the statement said.
Youm-e-É-ISTHSAAL is observed to express their support for the right of the cashmere people to freedom and to protest against the illegal and unilateral action of India of August 5, 2019. It was that day in 2019 when India has unilaterally and illegally stripped of Jammu and the cashmere of its special status.
