Support for Kashmir cuts across party lines

Twitter reactions from Politicians

Thousands rallied in mass demonstrations on Friday to express solidarity with Kashmiris and to protest against New Delhi’s brutalities in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK).

Along with the street protests, politicians also took to Twitter to express their support for Kashmiris.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari expressed solidarity with the people of IOK and asserted that there could never be any compromise on Kashmir.

Kashmir par sauda na manzoor!

— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) August 30, 2019

PPP Senator Sherry Rehman attended the Kashmir Solidarity Hour outside Pakistan Parliament House on Friday and shared a video on her Twitter account.

Senators in solidarity with #Kashmir. Outside Parliament House today. pic.twitter.com/ShQr4bvhue

— SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) August 30, 2019

 

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said Pakistanis would always stand with Kashmiris.

ایک طبقے کی کشمیریوں سے اظہاریکجیتی کے فیصلے پر مسلسل تنقید ناقابل فہم ہے، کیا پاکستان کا فرض نہیں بنتا کہ وہ کشمیریوں کو یہ احساس دلائے کہ پاکستان کا بچہ بچہ ان کے ساتھ شانہ بشانہ کھڑا ہے اور کشمیر میں جو زندگی روک دی گئ ہے ہم اس کے خلاف سراپااحتجاج ہیں؟ https://t.co/GBx3sdLART

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 30, 2019

 

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra urged people to come out to support the millions held captive by Indian forces.

Get out for #KashmirHour. Because the only people allowed out on the streets in Indian Occupied Kashmir, hold captive 8 million Kashmiri Muslims through the barrel of a gun. pic.twitter.com/53FcJv47Q7

— Taimur Khan Jhagra (@Jhagra) August 30, 2019

Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari highlighted the importance of solidarity for oppressed people.

Pakistanis show solidarity with the Kashmiri people - sending a message to Kashmiris in IOK we stand with them in their fight against the fascism of the Occupying Indian state. Showing solidarity is essential to an oppressed people suffering under curfew & Indian state terrorism pic.twitter.com/NsrZ8bnjCv

— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) August 30, 2019

PM’s aide on overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari said the struggle for Kashmiris' rights had just started.

Standing with Kashmir today wasn’t political, it was human and all those who came out to break the silence deserve appreciation. The struggle has only started .. this is where we decide how history will remember us.#KashmirHour #SaveKashmir pic.twitter.com/DOOa0ktyKu

— Sayed Z Bukhari (@sayedzbukhari) August 30, 2019