LARKANA: The Black Day was observed throughout the Larkana, Kamber-Shahdadkot, Shikarpur, Jacobabad and Kandhkot-Kashmore districts of Larkana Division on Wednesday, against India’s illegitimate occupation of Kashmir.
Black Day is being observed every year to protest against India which sent its troops to Srinagar on October 27, 1947 and illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Rallies and seminars were held in Larkana division to draw attention of the world community, Organization of Islamic Corporation (OIC) and other international organizations towards the burning issue of Kashmir.
Marking the occasion, rallies were taken out by political, religious parties, social and cultural organizations, to condemn the Indian atrocities against the people of the held Kashmir and urged Indian government to give the Kashmir’s the right to self-determination.
In Larkana city, a protest rally was taken out from Government Pilot Higher Secondary School Larkana, by the education Department in collaboration with Civil Society and NGOs to express solidarity with the Kashmiri people, led by the Additional Deputy Commissioner-II Larkana Muhammad Ali Gopang, Assistant Commissioner Larkana Ahmed Ali Soomro and District Officer Education Larkana Akhtar Hussain Korejo.
People from all walks of life, including teachers, social workers, citizens and others participated in the rally.
The protest rally marching on main roads of the city with banners and placards, the participants were raising slogans for the early liberation of Kashmir and condemning the Indian atrocities in the held Kashmir valley and rally terminated at SSP Chowk Larkana.
Speaking on the occasion, Assistant Commissioner Larkana Ahmed Ali Soomro said the protest rally to show solidarity with Kashmiri brethren observed on October 27 as a Black Day appealed to the global community, using the UNO and UN Security Council forum and Organization of Islamic Corporation (OIC) and other international organizations to play their due role for the rights of Kashmiris and to resolve the Kashmiris issue properly and save their right of freedom and recognize their struggle against illegal occupation of Indian forces.
He said, “today, we want to conveyed a message to the world that since 1947, India is against the international justice in case of Kashmiris and violated by force.”
He said Indian forces occupied Kashmir by trespassing Srinagar on October 27, 1947 and continued their atrocities over millions of Kashmiri people by illegal one million Indian forces inhumanly treated them, martyred thousand innocent people, children; women and older age citizens, ruined the beautiful valley of Kashmir and tortured its people converted the valley into prison of brave Kashmir’s confined them illegally and forcibly without rule of law.
The assistant commissioner Larkana said, “We condemned all such acts by India and pledged the international community and other forums to intervene into it to save the people of Kashmir which breached the promises by Indian leaders Nehru and others congress leaders in the matter and to hold free and fair elections to give mandate to Kashmiri people.
Addressing on the occasion, District Education Officer Larkana Akhtar Hussain Korejo and Principal Government Pilot Higher Secondary School Larkana said even 74 years had been passed but Kashmiri people never ever backed and continued their struggle, fight for freedom and bear the atrocities of Indian forces and all sort of torture, punishments and tyranny of Indian forces they are on their feet to face all difficult time continuously lost their beloved ones and gave sacrifices for their legitimate rights.
They said, “We all Pakistanis are with them in their every hard times hoped that Pakistan government will continue their diplomatic, moral and political support.
On the occasion various school children displayed and taken in hands of pamphlets and penaflex raised slogans in favour of Kashmiri people and against the atrocities of Indian forces over them.
District Population Welfare Officer Larkana Zulfikar Ali Detho, Director Information Larkana Darshan Lal, Secretary BISE Larkana Ahmed Khan Chutto, officers of various nation building departments, citizens, NGOs and others largely participated in the protest rally and showed their unconditional commitment and solidarity with Kashmiri brethren.
Meanwhile, the Kashmir Black-Day was observed throughout the Larkana Division to expressed the solidarity with the Kashmiri people and lodged protest against severe human rights violations in restive Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Rallies and various functions were held in Kamber-Shahdadkot, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kashmore- Kandhkot districts to draw the attention of the world community and Organization of Islamic Corporation (OIC) and other international organizations towards the burning issue of Kashmir.
In Larkana and other districts of the division, all the officers/officials of federal and Sindh governments including faculty members and students of SMBBMU Larkana and Quaid-e-Awan Engineering College wore black arms bands while on duty to expressed political, moral and diplomatic support to Kashmiri brethren.