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20 IPRI Factfile non for a lasting and viable peace in South Asia. “It is high time India realizes this fundamental fact and dispenses with its untenable and unjustified policy. To begin with, India should rescind the draconian laws long imposed in Jammu and Kashmir”, Qureshi said in a message on Kashmir Solidarity Day. The Foreign Minister said, Pakistan strongly believes that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute should be resolved through dialogue, adding, “We invite India to engage in a sustained and result-oriented dialogue process in this regard”. “We also urge the international community to play its due role in securing for Kashmiris their right to self-determination”, he added. Qureshi said: “Today, the Government and the people of Pakistan are observing the Kashmir Solidarity Day. This is an occasion to reiterate our indefatigable support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir in their legitimate struggle for their inalienable right to self-determination as enshrined in UN Charter and the relevant United Nations resolutions”. He said, the valiant and peaceful people of Jammu and Kashmir are continuing to suffer. “Not only is the right to self-determination being denied to them, but they are also being subjected to violence and suppression”. Thousands of Kashmiris have lost their lives and thousands are languishing in Indian jails. The grisly human rights violations by Indian forces in Indian-occupied Kashmir have been documented by wellknown international human rights organizations”, he added. Foreign Minister Qureshi said Pakistan will continue playing its constructive role towards resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. Nation (Islamabad), February 5, 2010. http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-englishonline//Regional/05-Feb-2010/Fair-peaceful-resolution-of-Kashmir-dispute-mustfor-lasting-peace-in-South-Asia-Qureshi ANOTHER KASHMIR SOLIDARITY DAY February 5 th is observed every year as Kashmir Solidarity Day to express our unanimous and unqualified support to the people of Kashmir whose struggle for emancipation has entered a crucial stage. Like previous years, this year too the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs has finalized various programmes to observe the day in a befitting manner. Programmes have been finalized by the coordination committee to display Pakistan’s abiding solidarity with Kashmiris waging the freedom
Whither Kashmir? struggle in Occupied Kashmir. The day will be observed with an objective to peacefully resolve this longstanding issue and transmit a message to the international community through foreign media in this respect. The day will dawn with special prayers after Fajar for the martyrs of Kashmir, successes [success] of freedom struggle and solidarity with the people of Kashmir. The foreign office will arrange a briefing for all foreign missions in Islamabad on the latest situation in Kashmir and all Pakistani missions abroad will organize similar functions in their respective countries. In the Capital, the CDA would organize a ‘solidarity walk’ at Jinnah Avenue. Kashmir-Yakjehtee show would be organized at Jinnah Avenue. In the show Pakistani and Kashmiri children would deliver speeches and present national songs. Kashmiri handicraft exhibition at Lok Virsa would also be organized to include playing of Kahsmiri songs, a photo exhibition, and display of publicity material. All this has been going on for over a decade but has the Kashmir issue been resolved? The region is still inflicted with violence and terror. The once beautiful state likened to paradise by the Mughul Emperor Jahangir, now resembles an excavation site of an unknown barbaric civilization. The air is filled with the sound of gunshots and explosions. The people of Kashmir seem to have forgotten how the place looked like before the current reign of terror was unleashed. The only thing children do here is listen to their fathers tell them tales of great sacrifices made by their great grand fathers or live in terror of the Indian oppressors. No butterflies to catch, no snowmen to build. No home to go to. How long will this go on? How long is the strife? Kashmir’s agony is far from over. No less than 80,000 people have laid down their lives for the cause of freedom since 1989 when open rebellion broke out against Indian occupation. To suppress this struggle, New Delhi has deployed more than 700,000 troops in the limited space of Kashmir where, as noted by Amnesty International and other world organizations, wanton human rights violations and atrocities, including burning of villages, mass rape of women, summary executions and torture, are of routine occurrence. All this is a direct result of India’s brazen refusal to give the people of Kashmir their right of selfdetermination. This is not only unjust and immoral, but is contrary to India’s own pledges to the United Nations and to the world community to resolve the Kashmir issue with reference to the people’s freely 21
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