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Prime Minister reaffirms unwavering commitment for support to Kashmir

13 July, 2020 08:01

Prime Minister reaffirms unwavering commitment for support to Kashmir.

Imran Khan reaffirmed Pakistan’s unwavering commitment to continue to support the just struggle of Kashmiri people for their right to self-determination.

Prime Minister reaffirms unwavering commitment

In a series of tweets on Monday in connection with Kashmir Martyrs Day, he said Pakistan has always stood steadfast for the Kashmiri right to self-determination.

Furthermore, he said that day is not far when they will be liberated from the clutches of Indian illegal occupation.

The Prime Minister said we salute Kashmiris for their continued struggle against the illegal and barbaric Indian occupation of Jammu & Kashmir.

He said the martyrs of 13 July 1931 were the forefathers of today’s Kashmiri resistance.

Their descendants have, generation after generation, laid down their lives for freedom and today they continue to valiantly fight and defy a Hindutva Supremacist regime bent on demographic engineering to wipe out the Kashmiri people and their identity.

Moreover, he said on Yaum-e-Shuhada-e-Kashmir, we salute Kashmiris for their continued struggle against the illegal & barbaric Indian occupation of Jammu & Kashmir. The Shuhada of 13 July 1931 were the forefathers of today’s Kashmiri resistance.

Earlier, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and DG ISPR also eulogized martyred Kashmiris on Kashmir Martyrs Day.

They also posted tweet on the occasion of Kashmir Martyrs’ Day.

DG ISPR said every single drop of blood shed, shall not be forgotten nor forgiven.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that no occupation can subjugate spirit of brave Kashmir.

In a tweet, on the occasion of Kashmir Martyrs Day, he expressed these views.

Kashmir Martyrs Day

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.

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