AJK observes Kashmir Solidarity Day

MIRPUR (AJK), Feb 5 (APP)::Amidst full-throat slogans of ‘’Kashmir Baney Ga Pakistan” people across AJK observed “Kashmir Solidarity Day” on Monday with the pledge to seek a resolution of the Kashmir issue according to the United Nations resolutions and aspirations of the people.
The hallmark of the day was forming of human chains on all seven
bridges, including at Mangla, Kohala, Dhalkot, Azad Pattan, Bhimbher and Holar besides at Bararkot, the entry and exit points which connect AJK with Pakistan.
Thousands of people belonging to AJK and Pakistan areas gathered and formed a human Chain.
The day dawned with special prayers for the martyrs of Kashmir and victory of the freedom struggle.
During the day, mass rallies, seminars, walks, conventions, meetings and speech contests were held.
As a public holiday, people from different walks of life took out rallies in all big and small cities including the capital city of Muzaffarabad and at the district and tehsil headquarters of all ten AJK districts including Mirpur, Kotli, Bhimbher, Rawalakot, Bagh, Palandri, Haveili, Hattiyan and Neelam Valley held seminars
and vowed to be with their oppressed brethren in their hour of trial.
Observance of this day was also aimed at to highlight the long-standing unsettled dispute of Jammu & Kashmir at International and apprise the people of Jammu & Kashmir that they are not alone in this hour of trial and turmoil as people of Pakistan and AJK are whole heatedly with them.
One minute silence was observed at 9.58 a.m. to pay respects and homage to the martyrs of Kashmir, as all rail and road traffic came to a standstill.
In Mirpur district, a large number of people from adjoining Punjab province reached at Mangla bridge, the gateway to this part of Jammu & Kashmir State, and made human chain to express solidarity with the people of AJK who had also gathered at the bridge to make human chain joining hands with the people of Pakistan to mark the day.
Thousands of people belonging to all walks of life from Mirpur division earlier drove to Mangla bridge through a big procession, led by PML (N) AJK leaders including Ch Ijaz Raza.
While addressing a mammoth Kashmir Solidarity Day rally at Mangla bridge speakers including PML (N) leader Ejaz Raza Ch, Divisional Comissioner Sardar Zaffar Mahmood Khan, Vice Chairman NEOC Raja Farooq Akram, Raja Zaffar Maharoof, child students of Government Pilot Schools and others called upon the world community to ensure early peaceful solution of Kashmir
dispute in accordance with the UN Resolutions and Kashmiri people’s wishes.
Speakers said that Kashmiris struggle for freedom is in fact the struggle for completion of Pakistan – since Pakistan is incomplete without its jugular vein – Kashmir, they declared.
Chief guest of the ceremony Divisional Commissioner Mirpur Muhammad Tayyeb and others said on this occasion that the hearts of the people of Pakistan and Kashmir beat in unison. Pakistan, he
declared, would continue full moral, political and diplomatic support to the people of Jammu & Kashmir in their just and principled struggle for freedom till it reach to its logical end.
The speakers paid tributes to the valiant struggling people for facing large scale Indian atrocities in the held territory.
They said the sacrifices being offered by the valiant Kashmiri
people would not go waste as the time was not far off when their struggle would be crowned with success very soon.
The speakers called upon the United Nations besides the international powers including the United States of America
to exert pressure on India to give a matching response to Pakistan’s
persistent offer for early peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue through resumption of composite dialogue process in line with the aspirations of Jammu Kashmir people.
They demanded that India should immediately stop human rights violations in occupied Kashmir and must give the right of freedom to the people of Kashmir according to the UN charter.
A 25-member group of motorcyclists from Multan also reached Mangla bridge to join the mega Kashmir Solidarity Day program to express solidarity. The leaders of the motorcycle rally presented shields of honour to Div Comissioner Muhammad Tayyeb and
DIG Mirpur Range Sardar Rashed Naeem as a symbol of solidarity with the people of jammu and kashmir on behalf of the people of Pakistan.
A rally organized by the Azad Jammu Kashmir Jamaat-e-Islami was held here at Shaheed Chowk on Monday which started from Allama Iqbal Road and culminated at Mangla bridge where they joined the human chain to express solidarity to the people of occupied
Kashmir.
The participants of the rally demanded of the global forces to
pressurize India to give the right of freedom according to the UN charter to the people of Kashmir.
Through a unanimously passed resolutions, the mammoth congregation called for early peaceful settlement of Kashmir problem through the resumption of proposed comprehensive bilateral dialogue between India and Pakistan without further delay to avert the threat of any conflict between the two nuclear neighboring arch rivals.
Through another resolutions, the rally expressed full solidarity with the people, government and the valiant armed forces of Pakistan with resolve to go shoulder-to-shoulder the people, government and the brave armed forces of Pakistan to safeguard the ideological and geographical frontiers of Pakistan by making defense of inch after inch of the country.
Kashmir Solidarity Day was also observed in Kotli and Bhimbher districts in this division with traditional zeal and fervor.
The grand public rally was taken out in both of the districts to mark the day. Addressing a rally on this occasion, speakers said that Kashmir was the lifeline of Pakistan and Pakistani people fully share the joys and sorrows of their Kashmiri brethren of the Indian held State.
All the three radio stations of Azad Kashmir including Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and Tarakheil and AJK TV aired special programmes and the AJK Press brought out special supplements to highlight the struggle of Kashmiris besides to express their solidarity with Kashmir freedom movement.