The Embassy of Pakistan in
Tehran observed Kashmir Black Day on 28th October 2017 to highlight India’s illegal occupation of Jammu &
Kashmir and express solidarity with the people of Kashmir who are being
subjected to worst kind of brutalities in the Indian-occupied Kashmir by Indian
occupied forces, says a press release received here today from Tehran.
Ambassador Asif Durrani, in his speech, paid homage to
the sacrifices of the Kashmiris and said that the
brutal use of force by the Indian occupation forces has failed to suppress the
indigenous struggle of the Kashmiri people aspiring for their right of
self-determination.
Referring
to the atrocities and gross human rights violations being committed by India
against the Kashmiri people, Ambassador Durrani said that after the
extra-judicial killing of Mr. Burhan Wani last year by the Indian forces, Indian
brutalities against innocent Kashmiris has increased to unprecedented levels in
terms of killing and torture of Kashmiris, especially youth. New tactics of
repression such as pellet guns are being employed to blind the people; there
are thousands of ‘half widows’, the fate of their husbands is unknown for the
past many years.
Ambassador Durrani added that the
dispute of Jammu & Kashmir and Palestine are the oldest unresolved issues
on the agenda of the United Nations. The non-implementation of the UN resolutions
are not only a big question mark on the credibility of the UN but also a test
for the conscience of the international community.
The Ambassador reaffirmed Pakistan’s diplomatic, moral
and political support to the just struggle of the Kashmiri people and thanked
the Iranian leadership for their support to the Kashmir cause.Messages of the President and Prime Minister of
Pakistan regarding the Kashmir Black Day were also readout on the
occasion.
Veteran Iranian journalist Nasir
YaminMardokhi presented a poem on Kashmir and Iranian Scholar Dr. Abdul
RafeeHaqiqat, senior Iranian journalist Mohammad Reza Ahmedlou and an Iranian
student from Urdu Department, Tehran University, in their speeches, expressed
support and solidarity with the Kashmiri people struggling to achieve their
right of self-determination.
A short documentary on India’s illegal occupation of Jammu
and Kashmir and atrocities being committed by the Indian occupation forces was
also screened.
A
number of Iranian academicians, scholars, intellectuals, leading journalists,
as well as Iranian students and members of the Pakistani community attended the
event.
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(Due to weekly
holiday in Iran on Friday, Kashmir Black Day was observed on 28 October 2017.)
