RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Friday showed their complete solidarity with the people of Occupied Kashmir on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day.

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, ministers and officers attended various meetings with black ribbons on their arms against cruelties of Indian armed forced in Occupied Kashmir.

Along with the Chief Minister, provincial ministers, chief secretary and other secretaries wore black ribbons in the meetings at Chief Minister’s House.

In his message, the Chief Minister said that people of Occupied Kashmir are fighting for freedom and survival and they have written a new history with their blood to achieve the goal of self-determination.

“The Pakistani government as well as the people has always raised their full voice against the worst violations of human rights and state sponsored brutalities in the Occupied Kashmir. In fact refusing to grant right of self-determination to the Kashmiris shows weaknesses in moral diplomatic and political behaviours,” he added.

According to him, Kashmir is the unfinished agenda of independence of Subcontinent.

The Kashmiris are rightful to ask this question to the world community that why are they being continuously deprived of their basic rights according to the charter of United Nations. The just solution of core issue of Kashmir is essential to fully benefit from natural and human resources of the South Asia. Continued deprivation of the Kashmiri people to their self-determination by India through state terrorism and atrocious occupation is highly condemnable. “Solution of Kashmir issue is essential in the light of UN resolutions for maintaining durable peace in the region.

On this day, the whole nation is standing side-by-side with their Kashmiri brethren and I pay rich tributes to the brave struggle of the Kashmiri people for their inalienable right of self-determination,” said Shahbaz Sharif.

The Chief Minister stressed the world community and human rights bodies to play their effective role to stop the worst cruelties meted out by the Indian forces. “The international conscious will have to be awakened on the issue of Kashmir as the unarmed Kashmiri people cannot be deprived of their basic right of freedom,” he added. He said that the Kashmir issue should be solved according to wishes and desire of the Kashmiris.