Armed forces reaffirm support for Kashmir

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RAWALPINDI:

On Kashmir Solidarity Day, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, the service chiefs, and the Pakistan armed forces reaffirmed their unwavering support for the resilient people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) in their just struggle for self-determination.

"We pay tribute to the indomitable spirit of the Kashmiri people, who have endured decades of oppression, state-sponsored brutality, and egregious human rights violations. Their unwavering resolve in the face of tyranny remains a beacon of courage and inspiration for the entire nation," a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

The Pakistan armed forces strongly condemned the ongoing grave violations of human rights in IIOJK, including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary detentions.

"These transgressions stand as a stark indictment of India's blatant disregard for international law, humanitarian principles, and fundamental human rights," the military's media affairs wing said.

"We urge the international community, global human rights organisations, and the United Nations to take immediate and decisive action to address the plight of the Kashmiri people and ensure the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions in accordance with their aspirations."

The ISPR added that the Pakistan armed forces remain steadfast in their commitment to the just cause of Kashmir and resolute in their duty to safeguard Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity. "We stand shoulder to shoulder with our Kashmiri brethren in their rightful pursuit of freedom and dignity."

"Long live Pakistan! Long live Kashmir," it added.

Meanwhile, all is set to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day throughout Pakistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK), besides rest of the world, where Pakistani and Kashmiri Diaspora communities live, to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5 (Wednesday) - to reiterate full solidarity with the people of Jammu & Kashmir state coupled with the renewal of the pledge to continue extending fullest moral, political and diplomatic support to their legitimate right to self-determination, being denied by India for the last 78 years through keeping bulk part of the globally acknowledged disputed Jammu & Kashmir state in its unlawful and forcible occupation against the aspirations of the people of the state.

The observance of the Kashmir Solidarity Day over 240 million people of Pakistan every year and that too, with one voice is a clear manifestation of the bona fide verify that India can in no way delude the world opinion, any more and the Indian rulers shall have to bow before the explicit will of the gallant people of the Jammu and Kashmir state, who are struggling for last 76 years, to achieve their birth right of self-determination, in line with the United Nations resolutions—at every cost.

In Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), all necessary arrangements have been given final touches to observe the day with traditional zeal and fervour and with the renewal of the Kashmiris firm resolve to continue their struggle for the achievement of their birthright to self-determination through getting the motherland liberated from the Indian yoke to reach their ultimate destination – Pakistan, through the accession of entire J & K state to this country under the spirit of the historic July 19, 1947 resolution, unanimously passed in the historic meeting of All Jammu Kashmir Muslim Conference in occupied Srinagar.