Kashmiris living on both sides of the Line of Control and around the world are celebrating the Right to Self-Determination Day today, reaffirming their determination to fight for their internationally recognized inalienable rights.
The All-Party Hurriyat Conference called for the day to be observed across the world through various activities including rallies, seminars and conferences, to urge the United Nations to implement its respective resolutions to resolve the Kashmir conflict and end the suffering. Responsibility can be reminded. Indian oppression of Kashmiris
On this day in 1949, the United Nations Commission on India and Pakistan (UNCIP) passed a historic resolution guaranteeing a free and fair referendum in Jammu and Kashmir to enable the Kashmiri people to realize their inalienable right to self-determination. .
Meanwhile, in India’s illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, posters are displayed in Srinagar and other areas of the occupied territory urging the United Nations to resolve the issue as per the resolution passed on January 5, 1949. Resolve Kashmir.
He emphasized that this day serves as a reminder to the international community of its responsibilities towards the people of Kashmir.
Some of the posters depict Pakistan’s Army Chief General Asim Munir and express the confidence of Kashmiris in DG ISPR’s statement on Kashmir.
The posters also highlight the importance of self-determination as an important component of human dignity and freedom, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and human rights treaties.
A special session of the Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir will be held today.
Members of the Legislature will draw the international community’s attention to its responsibilities towards Kashmir and serious human rights violations by Indian troops in illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
In Muzaffarabad, Pasban Hurriyat and other Hurriyat organizations have taken out rallies at Shaheed Burhan Muzaffar Wani Chowk.
The participants of the rallies will also march towards the office of the United Nations Observer Mission in Muzaffarabad.
The Prime Minister reiterated diplomatic support to Kashmiris.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated his government’s firm commitment to continue the full moral, political and diplomatic support of the Kashmiri people in their just struggle for the right to self-determination enshrined in the United Nations Charter and resolutions. United Nations) and international law.
In his message on the occasion of “Self-Determination Day” on Saturday, he urged the international community and the United Nations to live up to their commitments and take meaningful steps to ensure the people of Jammu and Kashmir’s inalienable right. can use For self-determination
The Prime Minister said: “The right to self-determination is a fundamental principle of the UN Charter as well as international law. Every year the UN General Assembly passes a resolution supporting the legal right of people to determine their own destiny. It expresses clear support for the right of people to self-determination under foreign occupation.”
Prime Minister Shehbaz said that it is a pity that Kashmiri people could not exercise this inalienable right for seven decades.
The Prime Minister said that the international community should immediately demand an end to human rights violations, the release of political prisoners and the restoration of fundamental rights and freedoms of the Kashmiri people.
The Prime Minister said that India was taking several steps to consolidate its occupation of illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), undermining the internationally recognized disputed nature of the region.
Through a series of illegal and unilateral measures taken since August 5, 2019, India has been trying to change the population and political structure of the disputed region, with the aim of turning the majority Kashmiri people into a minority community in their own homeland. is
Drawing the world’s attention to the obstinacy of the Indian government, Prime Minister Shehbaz said that India is committing serious violations of human rights by crushing the legitimate struggle of the Kashmiri people for self-determination and freedom.
Pakistan will continue to support Kashmiris politically, President
President Asif Ali Zardari said that Pakistan will continue its full political, diplomatic and moral support to the brave Kashmiri people in their just struggle, including their inalienable right to self-determination as enshrined in the relevant UN Security resolutions. Council
In a message on the occasion of Self-Determination Day on January 5, 2025, he said that today Kashmiris around the world are celebrating the 76th anniversary of the resolution passed by the United Nations Commission on India and Pakistan (UNCIP). Provided that the dispute of Jammu and Kashmir shall be decided by the democratic method of free and impartial referendum under the United Nations. assistance
“In essence, it was a reiteration of the Kashmiris’ inalienable right to self-determination, enshrined in international law and upheld by international human rights instruments,” he said.
Regrettably, the President said, India has been denying this right to the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) for more than seven decades and subjecting them to repression, torture and systemic atrocities. .
“Since August 5, 2019, it has been taking steps, aimed at changing the demographic and political fabric of IIOJK, to turn Kashmiris into a powerless community in their homeland.
Despite this, the spirit of the Kashmiri people is unbreakable and their struggle for freedom cannot be suppressed.
He said the United Nations General Assembly annually adopts a resolution on “The Universal Realization of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination,” which draws international attention to the plight and rights of people living in situations of forced occupation. .
The international community, particularly the United Nations, has a responsibility to fulfill this promise and assist the people of the IIOJK in exercising their inalienable right to self-determination, he added. I urge India to stop committing atrocities and human rights violations in the IIOJK.”