ISLAMABAD
\nPresident Dr Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan will continue to be the voice of its Kashmiri brothers and sisters, who had been making invaluable sacrifices, and would extend all-possible support for the fullest realization of their legitimate rights.
\nIn his message on Youm-e-Istehsal on Saturday, the President said: \u201cWe have no doubt that durable peace and stability in South Asia can only be achieved through a peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.\u201d
\nHe said that India unleashed its illegal and unilateral actions on August 05, 2019 in the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) with the aim of disempowering, disenfranchising, and dispossessing the Kashmiri people in their own land. \u201cThese measures were designed to permanently occupy the disputed territory and erase its distinct Kashmiri character,\u201d he remarked.
\nThe President said that India deviously attempted to convince the world that Jammu and Kashmir was an undisputed part of its territory. \u201cHowever, the fact of is that it was India that took the Jammu and Kashmir dispute to the UN Security Council, where the disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir was recognized by the international community.
\nIt was
\ndecided that the final disposition of the State of Jammu and Kashmir
\nshould be determined through a free and impartial plebiscite under the
\nauspices of the United Nations (UN).\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr Arif Alvi said that the indomitable will and courage of the Kashmiri
\npeople had enabled them to withstand every Indian attempt to terrorize
\nand subjugate them. He said India\u2019s massive coercive methods have failed
\nto suppress the Kashmiris\u2019 yearning for freedom. \u201cIndia has been
\ntrampling upon the rights and aspirations of the Kashmiri people through
\nmachinations and intrigue for the last 75 years. However, since 5th
\nAugust 2019, IIOJK has been transformed into an open prison,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The President said that India\u2019s continued denial of the rights of the
\nKashmiri people was a wrongful and illegal act and no amount of
\ndiplomatic duplicity or Indian state-perpetrated terror could change
\nthis fact. He emphasised that India must fulfill its obligations to the
\nUN Security Council by giving the Kashmiri people their lawful right to
\nself-determination. DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan will continue to be the voice of its Kashmiri brothers and sisters, who had been making invaluable sacrifices, and would extend all-possible support for the fullest realization of their legitimate rights. In his message on Youm-e-Istehsal on Saturday, the President said: \u201cWe have no doubt that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-347439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n