FM vows no occupation can subjugate spirit of brave Kashmir

FM vows no occupation can subjugate spirit of brave Kashmir.

In a tweet, on the occasion of Kashmir Martyrs Day, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi expressed these views.

FM vows no occupation can subjugate

He said no occupation can subjugate spirit of brave Kashmir.

He also paid tribute to courage of 22 sons of Jammu and Kashmir who rendered their lives on this day in 1931 in the face of brutal Dogra forces.

The Minister said brave Kashmiris have regalvanized decades old struggle for self-determination, an inalienable right for which Kashmiris will continue to die for this day.

DG ISPR eulogizes martyred Kashmiris on Kashmir Martyrs Day

Earlier, DG ISPR also eulogized martyred Kashmiris on Kashmir Martyrs Day.

In a tweet on the occasion of Kashmir Martyrs’ Day, he said every single drop of blood shed, shall not be forgotten nor forgiven.

Meanwhile, Kashmiris are observing Kashmir Martyrs Day in IOJK and AJK today.  

They observe the day on both sides of the Line of Control and world over.

Notably, they pay homage to martyrs of July 13,1931.

In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has appealed to the Kashmiri people observe a complete strike in the territory.

On the 13th July 1931, the troops of Dogra Maharaja had killed 22 Kashmiris, one after the other, outside the Central Jail in Srinagar. They perpetrated this crime during the court proceedings against one Abdul Qadeer who had asked the Kashmiri people to defy the Dogra rule.

Meanwhile, the APHC spokesman issued a statement in Srinagar.

It said that on 13th July 1931, when it was time for Namaz-e-Zuhr, a young man, started the call for prayer (Azaan) but Maharaja’s soldiers shot dead him.

Thus, 22 youth sacrificed their lives till the completion of Azaan.

Moreover, the spokesman said the the strike call aims to stress the urgent need for a peaceful and just solution to the Kashmir dispute.