Rawalpindi: Chairman of the Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Society Lieutenant General (Retd) Abdul Qayyum Khan on Wednesday said that a liberated Kashmir was indispensable for the stability of Pakistan.
Kashmir was the jugular vein of Pakistan that was why the entire nation stood with their Kashmiri brethren, he added.
The international community should play its due role for the implementation of the United Nations resolutions for the liberation of Kashmir, he said while addressing a ceremony held in connection with the Kashmir Solidarity Day.
Former Chairman of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Red Crescent, Colonel R Sardar Tahir Younis, in his remarks, said that the purpose of observing the Solidarity Day was to raise the morale of the Kashmiri people and support their struggle.
The Kashmiri people had been victims of Indian state terrorism and oppression for the past several decades and now it was time for the international community and human rights organizations to take concrete steps for their freedom from Indian yoke, he added.
Patron of the Minhaj-ul-Quran United Arab Emirates Malik Fakhar Zaman Adil said that by marking the Kashmir Solidarity Day the nation reaffirmed its commitment that ‘we have to play our role together in supporting the Kashmiri people. We stand with the sisters and brothers of occupied Kashmir, and will continue to raise the voice to the world against the violation of human rights by India.’
He urged the international community to play its role in supporting the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people and promoting peace and equality.
Prominent intellectuals Naeem Akram Qureshi, Naseem Usmani, Muhammad Bashir Raja, Tariq Rajput, Asia Haroon, Malik Azhar Awan, Shahbaz Khair, Syeda Sameera Raza and other speakers also addressed the gathering.