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LAHORE, Feb 05 (APP): Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, in her message on Kashmir Solidarity Day, said that love for Kashmir runs like blood through the heart of every Pakistani and paid rich tribute to the Kashmiri martyrs who sacrificed their lives to keep the flame of the right to self-determination alive.
She said the Kashmiri people, who have been bravely resisting Indian oppression for more than seven decades, deserve salute and respect. The chief minister remarked that Indian brutality has turned the heaven-like valley of Kashmir into a prison.
Calling upon the international community, Maryam Nawaz urged the United Nations and other global institutions to play their lawful role in stopping human rights violations in Indian-occupied Kashmir.
She said that lasting peace in the region would remain a distant dream until a permanent and just resolution of the Kashmir issue was achieved. She reiterated that the sacrifices of the oppressed Kashmiri people would not go in vain.
The chief minister said Pakistan would continue to extend diplomatic, political, and moral support to the Kashmiri people and reaffirmed that Pakistan would keep raising its voice in their favour at every international forum.
Expressing optimism, she said that, God willing, the people of Kashmir would soon witness the dawn of freedom.