BEIJING: The Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing organized an event on Friday to observe the ‘Kashmir Black Day’ as 76 years ago, on 27 October 1947, India, without any legal justification, forcibly took control of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Since then, India has continued to blatantly deny the people of Kashmir their right to self-determination as stipulated by the United Nations Security Council resolutions.
During the event, the special messages from the President, the Prime Minister, and the Foreign Minister of Pakistan were read out, underlining Pakistan’s continued political, moral, and diplomatic commitment and support to the Kashmir cause. Mr. Qian Feng, a distinguished Chinese scholar and expert on South Asia, also spoke on the occasion.
Kashmir Black Day
Speaking at the event, Deputy Head of Mission, Bilal Mahmood Choudhary said that Pakistan stood with Kashmiri brothers and sisters who had endured immense sufferings under the Indian illegal Occupation of Jammu & Kashmir over the last seven decades. He reaffirmed Pakistan’s steadfast support for the just cause of the Kashmiri people and demanded an immediate end to the human rights violations in IIOJK. DHM also asked the international community to play its rightful role for a peaceful and lasting resolution of the longstanding Jammu and Kashmir dispute.
The Embassy had also arranged a photo exhibition on this occasion depicting Indian atrocities in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
