Despite restrictions people hoist Pakistani flags in IOK
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Ahsan Untoo distributes sweets in Srinagar’s Regal Chowk
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rinagar, August 14 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, despite heavy deployment of Indian troops and police personnel across the territory, people hoisted Pakistan’s National flag in Srinagar and other areas to mark Pakistan’s Independence Day, today.
People hoisted the Pakistani flags in several areas of Srinagar including Habba Kadal, Batamaloo, Maisuma, Bimna, Soura, Padshahi Bagh, Tangpora bypass and Lal Bazar as well as other towns of the occupied territory.
The Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Aasiya Andrabi, celebrated the Independence Day of Pakistan in Srinagar and sung Pakistan’s national anthem. She waved Pakistani flag along with other party workers during a rally in Bachpora area and chanted slogans in favour of Pakistan.
The All Parties Hurriyet Conference leader, Hilal Ahmed War, also waved Pakistani flag in Srinagar. However, later Indian police took him into custody and lodged him in a police station.
The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League organized functions in Srinagar and other towns of occupied Kashmir to mark Pakistan’s Independence Day. The main meeting to highlight the aims and objectives of the Pakistan movement and relation between Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir was held in Srinagar that was chaired by the party General Secretary, Muhammad Ramzan Khan. He threw light on the significance of the Pakistan Independence Day and everlasting religious and geographical bonds between Pakistan and Kashmir.
The speakers on the occasion condemned killings at the hands of Indian troops, mysterious blasts and restrictions on political activities of Hurriyet leaders by India. They reaffirmed the Kashmiris’ resolve to continue their freedom struggle till complete success. They called upon the UN to intervene to save the life, honour and property of the Kashmiris from the Indian onslaught.
Noted human rights activist and the Chairman of International Forum for Justice and Human Rights Jammu and Kashmir, Muhammad Ahsan Untoo, distributed sweets at Regal Chowk in S
rinagar.
The Working Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement, Mir Shahid Saleem, in a statement in Jammu felicitated the people and government of Pakistan on their Independence Day. He said that the hearts of Kashmiris throb with the people of Pakistan and they were thankful for the moral, political and diplomatic support extended by Pakistan to the Kashmir cause. He said that 15th August, which was celebrated as Independence Day across India, had no relevance for the people of Kashmir who were fighting for their inalienable right to self-determination.
It is to mention here that the authorities have deployed Indian Army, police and paramilitary personnel in strength in Srinagar and other major towns of the Valley. The authorities have also placed Hurriyet leaders including Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Hakeem Abdur Rasheed, Zafar Akbar Butt and Ayaz Akbar under house arrest and illegal detention to prevent them from leading pro-freedom and pro-Pakistan demonstrations.
Pakistani flags hoisted in Indian occupied Kashmir on Eid Day.
Kashmiris to observe Black Day tomorrow
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Srinagar, August 14 (KMS): Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and across the world will observe the Indian Independence Day, tomorrow, as Black Day to convey the message to the international community that India had usurped their inalienable right to self-determination. The day will be marked by a complete strike in occupied Kashmir, call for which has been given by the veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, the All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and other resistance leaders including Muhammad Yasin Malik and Shabbir Ahmed Shah. Protest rallies and different functions would be held in the territory and in the world capitals to highlight different dimensions of the Kashmir dispute and Indian atrocities on innocent Kashmiris.
The Hurriyet leaders, who have been put under house arrest or illegal detention, in their statements issued in Srinagar said that India had no moral or legal justification to celebrate its Independence Day in Jammu and Kashmir as it had occupied the territory against the will of Kashmiri people.