ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari Sunday paid tribute to security forces for foiling infiltration of Khawarij terrorists in North Waziristan and Kurram.
He lauded the five martyrs who sacrificed their lives in defence of the homeland.
The president said, “The evil intentions of the Khawarij and their Indian patrons will never succeed.”
“Operations will continue under Azm-e-Istehkam until terrorism is eradicated,” he said adding, “The nation will always be proud of the sacrifices of its brave sons.”
He said, “The martyrs made the nation proud by sacrificing their lives in defence of the country. Pakistan’s forces are like a fortified wall in defence of the motherland.”
He expressed heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the families of the martyrs.
President pays tribute to security forces for foiling infiltration of Khawarij
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Kashmiris never accepted Indian occupation; AJK PM
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq has said on Sunday that on October 27, 1947, India violated the principles of the partition of the subcontinent by deploying its forces in Kashmir against the will of its people and occupied a part of the region.
In his special message on the occasion of Kashmir Black Day, the Prime Minister said that India’s claim over Jammu and Kashmir, based on the so-called Instrument of Accession, was rejected by the United Nations. He added that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have never accepted India’s illegal and oppressive occupation and have continued their struggle for freedom to this day.
Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq noted that Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and across the world observe October 27 as Black Day every year, to protest India’s forcible occupation of the territory. He said that for the past 77 years, India has been committing grave human rights violations in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The prime minister recalled that in November 1947, Indian forces, along with Dogra troops, RSS, and Akali Dal extremists, massacred around 250,000 Muslims in Jammu and forced hundreds of thousands more to migrate. He said that due to Indian atrocities, many people were also forced to migrate to Azad Kashmir and Pakistan during the wars of 1965 and 1971. Since 1989, more than 96,000 civilians have been martyred in occupied Kashmir, and the lives, property, and honor of Muslims there are no longer safe.
Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq reaffirmed that the struggle of the people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir is for their right to self-determination, a right that has been recognized by the United Nations resolutions. He said India, despite having approached the UN in 1948, now denies this right and falsely claims Kashmir as its “integral part.”
He strongly condemned India’s August 5, 2019 actions, when it revoked the special constitutional status of occupied Jammu and Kashmir, calling it a violation of international law and UN Security Council resolutions. He added that India is attempting to change the demographic composition of the region by settling non-Kashmiris there and giving them preference in government jobs.
The AJK prime minister said that all Hurriyat leaders remain imprisoned, human rights activists and independent journalists are behind bars, and there is a complete ban on freedom of expression, assembly, and press in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Paying rich tribute to the courage and resilience of the Kashmiri people, he said that Indian oppression has failed to suppress their spirit of freedom.
Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq urged the international community and the United Nations to ensure the implementation of UN resolutions on Kashmir. He expressed hope that the day is not far when occupied Jammu and Kashmir will be freed from India’s illegal occupation and the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir will become part of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Senator Rubina Khalid, viewing artwork after inaugurating the exhibition “Sindhu Sur (Melody of Sindhu)” at PNCA. The exhibition, organized in collaboration with Nomad Gallery and curated by Nageen Hyat, celebrates the cultural and artistic spirit of Sindh, featuring a diverse group of talented artists
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