Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri urges India to end cruel rule in held Kashmir

Canberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said this week that India must end the cruel rule in held Kashmir.

“Kashmir Black Day – a stark reminder of continued oppression of Kashmiri people and denial of their legitimate right to self-determination enshrined in the UNSC resolutions,” he tweeted.

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world observed the 27th October, as Black Day to convey to the world that India has occupied their motherland illegally and against their aspirations.

The day was marked by a complete shutdown and civil curfew by the people in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Protest marches, rallies and seminars were held in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan and all over the world to condemn the invasion of the territory by Indian Army on 27th October, 1947 as well as revocation of special status of occupied Kashmir by the Narendra Modi-led Indian government on August 5, 2019. Call for the observance of the shutdown and Black Day has been given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference.

It was on 27th October in 1947 when Indian troops in total violation of the spirit of the Partition Plan of the Subcontinent had militarily invaded Jammu and Kashmir and illegally occupied it against the will of the Kashmiri people.