LAHORE:Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Lahore, Zia-ud-Din Ansari Advocate, paid tribute to the freedom struggle, immense sacrifices and steadfast commitment of the Kashmiri people to their right to self-determination on the occasion of Kashmir Black Day. He said that Kashmir and Pakistan were inseparable, describing Kashmir as the unfinished agenda of the Partition of the subcontinent and emphasizing that Pakistan and Kashmir could not be separated.

Zia-ud-Din Ansari Advocate said that October 27, 1947, was a black day in Kashmir's history, when Indian troops entered Srinagar. Since then, the Kashmiri people have continued their struggle for the right to self-determination. Despite the alleged atrocities by Indian forces, arrests, political restrictions and curbs on fundamental freedoms, the spirit of freedom among the Kashmiri people has not been suppressed.

Zia-ud-Din Ansari Advocate said that the unilateral measures taken by the Modi government on August 5, 2019, had raised serious concerns regarding the political, democratic and fundamental rights of the Kashmiri people. He maintained that the desire of a nation for freedom could not be extinguished through oppression and the use of force.He said that the international community was maintaining criminal silence over human rights violations in Indian-occupied Kashmir and had failed to play an effective role in securing the Kashmiri people's right to self-determination. He stressed that a just and peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with relevant United Nations resolutions was essential.

The Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Lahore reaffirmed that Jamaat-e-Islami would continue its political, moral and diplomatic support for the Kashmiri people and stand by them in their struggle for freedom and the right to self-determination.