COLOMBO – The High Commission of Pakistan in Colombo observed the annual ‘Kashmir Black Day’ on Sunday (27) with a seminar and a photography exhibition attended by members of the Pakistani community in Sri Lanka, journalists, writers and friends of Kashmir.
The seminar was addressed by Shiraz Yoonus, political activist and National Coordinator of Muslim Affairs and Suriya Rizvi, a Pakistani Alumni. The day’s events also saw messages from the President, Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister of Pakistan being read out to the audience.
A statement from the Pakistani High Commission said the panel of speakers highlighted the inhumane treatment of innocent Kashmiris at the hands of Indian occupation forces dating back to 1947 when the people of Jammu and Kashmir were denied the right of self-determination, and the United Nations Security Council’s special sessions on the Kashmir issue, noting that the international community was not a silent spectator to the Indian atrocities anymore.
High Commissioner of Pakistan Major General (R) Faheem Ul Aziz HI (M), while thanking the guests, paid homage to the people of Jammu & Kashmir for their just struggle against decades-long Indian illegal occupation and reiterated Pakistan’s moral, political and diplomatic support for the Kashmiris in their right to self-determination. He also stated that Pakistan has always stood for a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the aspirations of the people of Kashmir and in line with the principles of UNSC resolutions.
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