PM Imran to hold 'big jalsa' in Muzaffarabad
Premier Imran Khan will hold the public gathering in solidarity with Kashmiris on Friday, September 13
Premier Imran Khan. PHOTO: AFP
Prime Minister Imran Khan will hold a public gathering in Muzaffarabad on September 13 to highlight the continued information and communication lockdown in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
The premier took to Twitter to make the announcement early Wednesday. "I am going to do a big jalsa in Muzaffarabad on Friday, 13 September," he wrote.
PM Imran said the 'jalsa' was aimed to underscore the continued siege of the occupied Himalayan region by the Indian forces and to show solidarity with the Kashmiri people.
The occupied Himalayan region enters its second month of clampdown after New Delhi revoked its special status by abolishing Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. The move has received opposition from Kashmiris, Pakistan, rights organisations and the international community.
In a diplomatic push, PM Imran and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi have held telephonic and in-person conversations with world leaders including US President Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, and others.
On Tuesday, FM Qureshi demanded an international investigation into the situation in the IOK while addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council gathering in Geneva. He warned of the risk of “genocide” in the Muslim-majority region.
A joint statement by Pakistan on behalf of over 50 countries at the UNHRC over the human rights situation in the occupied valley called for the "removal of restrictions, respect and protection of the Kashmiri people, implementation of the recommendations of UN’s Kashmir reports and peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute through the implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions."
The premier took to Twitter to make the announcement early Wednesday. "I am going to do a big jalsa in Muzaffarabad on Friday, 13 September," he wrote.
PM Imran said the 'jalsa' was aimed to underscore the continued siege of the occupied Himalayan region by the Indian forces and to show solidarity with the Kashmiri people.
The occupied Himalayan region enters its second month of clampdown after New Delhi revoked its special status by abolishing Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. The move has received opposition from Kashmiris, Pakistan, rights organisations and the international community.
In a diplomatic push, PM Imran and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi have held telephonic and in-person conversations with world leaders including US President Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, and others.
On Tuesday, FM Qureshi demanded an international investigation into the situation in the IOK while addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council gathering in Geneva. He warned of the risk of “genocide” in the Muslim-majority region.
A joint statement by Pakistan on behalf of over 50 countries at the UNHRC over the human rights situation in the occupied valley called for the "removal of restrictions, respect and protection of the Kashmiri people, implementation of the recommendations of UN’s Kashmir reports and peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute through the implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions."