A cpoliceman talks on his phone near a banner hanged on the premises of the Parliament building during a protest to mark the Kashmir Solidarity Day in Islamabad on February 5, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
"The brutality of Indian security forces in Occupied Kashmir has rallied all Kashmiris together in their demand for freedom from Indian occupation," the prime minister tweeted on Tuesday.
He said New Delhi was not fighting insurgents in the Kashmir valley but an entire people.
The brutality of Indian security forces in Occupied Kashmir has rallied all Kashmiris together in their demand for freedom from Indian Occupation. The Indian army is not fighting insurgents but an entire people in IOK. All freedom loving ppl in the world must stand with Kashmiris
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 5, 2019
Earlier in the day, President Arif Alvi demanded the Indian government uphold the rights of the Kashmiri people instead of "justifying its terrorism" against innocent citizens.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said India was committing grave human rights violations in occupied Kashmir, stressing that the right to self-determination was a basic right of the Kashmiri people.
The government had planned a number of activities to mark the day and expose massive human rights violations and brutality being committed by the Indian forces in the occupied valley.
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