Lahore: Countrywide Kashmir Solidarity day was observed on the call of Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD) and Jammu-Kashmir Movement (JKM). Kashmir conferences, public gatherings and rallies were held in every nook and cranny of Pakistan including Azad Jammu-Kashmir. Representatives and leaders of religio-political and Kashmiri organisations addressed. Thousands of people from all walks of life participated in these events. They chanted slogans against Indian state terrorism in Jammu-Kashmir. Funeral prayers in absentia were offered in different cities. Clerics delivered Friday sermons regarding Indian cruelty and barbarism in Jammu-Kashmir and resolutions were passed against Indian state terrorism. Gang rapes and killing of minor Kashmiri girl Asifa Bano were also condemned.
In Lahore, a big demonstration was staged at Choburji Chowk. Students, teachers, lawyers, traders, civil society and hundreds of people from all walks of life joined the protest. They carried Pakistani flags, placards and banners containing text against Indian state terrorism and in favour of Kashmiris.
Addressing to the demonstration, Ameer JuD Hafiz Muhammad Saeed termed Indian army chief’s statement regrettable that Kashmiris cannot fight the army. He said, “Kashmiris are fighting against the Indian army with stones. Soon, India will have to get out from Kashmir. A few days ago, Indian army chief confessed his army’s defeat and success of independence movement. Now, statements are being changed upon Modi’s pressure. It will decrease the morale of Indian army and anarchy will spread.”
He urged the Pakistani government to leave friendship with Modi and slavery of America. “Disloyalty with Kashmiris’ blood is unacceptable. The government must follow the agenda of Quaid-e-Azam regarding Kashmir. The Kashmiris have played their due role, and it is Pakistan’s turn now.”
He advised Islamabad rulers to play their role by clarifying Kashmir Policy. “They should not be pressurised. Rulers are engaged in their own issues. Rulers should realise that if they have taken friendship with Modi and enmity with Kashmiris, then Allah would not forgive.”
He asked all religio-political organisations to unite upon Kashmir issue. “Kashmiris have entered the final phase of the freedom movement. It is a war between the oppressors and the oppressed. Oppressed people would win the war (In Sha Allah).” He added.
He further said that the Pakistani nation completely supports the Kashmir’s freedom movement. Final decisions are made in the heavens, not in Delhi or Washington. President Lahore Bar Council Malik Arshad Advocate, Abul Hashim Rabbani, Rao Tahir Shakeel Advocate, Hafiz Habib ul Rehman and others also addressed. Earlier, Ameer JuD Hafiz Muhammad Saeed led the funeral prayer in absentia of the Kashmiri martyrs.
Meanwhile, similar protests were held in Islamabad, Karachi, Quetta, Multan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Hyderabad, Rawalpindi and Muzaffarabad,
