Pakistan
PM says Kashmiris keep spirit of resistance alive by continuously fighting against illegal Indian occupation
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has shared a message on the occasion of Kashmir Martyr Day saying that Kashmiris' struggle against tyranny and illegal Indian Occupation is steeped in a history of resistance and sacrifice.
Taking to Twitter, PM wrote that the entire nation stands with Kashmiris on Kashmir Martyrs’ Day and pay tribute to 22 Shuhada of July 13, 1931 who embraced martyrdom when the Dogra Maharaja's soldiers fired on peaceful protestors.
Imran Khan further stated that this indomitable spirit of resistance remains alive as Kashmiri men and women continue to fight illegal Indian Occupation.
He added that Pakistan stands with the Kashmiris in their just struggle and will not compromise till they get their right to self determination guaranteed by United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions.
Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and world over are observing Kashmir Martyrs Day today to pay homage to martyrs of July 13, 1931.
According to details, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has appealed the Kashmiri people to mark the day by observing a complete shutdown in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK).
A march towards the Martyrs’ Graveyard at Naqashband Sahib in Srinagar will also be held today where the martyrs of 13th July were buried.
In a statement, APHC spokesman said that the purpose of the shutdown and the march is to convey to the world that the Kashmiris will never accept Indian subjugation.
On 13th July 1931, the troops of Dogra Maharaja killed 22 Kashmiris outside the Central Jail in Srinagar during the court proceedings against Abdul Qadeer who was charged for propelling people to defy the Dogra Rule. Thus, 22 youth sacrificed their lives till the completion of Azaan.
AJK Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan has appealed to the people of Jammu and Kashmir State inhibiting both side of LoC and rest of the world to observe July 13 as the month of Kashmir Freedom Movement and the struggle for the completion of Pakistan through annexation of its jugular vein – the Jammu & Kashmir State.