Indian brutalities against Kashmiris highlighted in webinar
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February 6, 2021
Islamabad: While the world has not moved beyond rhetoric, the Indian state continues to martyr innocent Kashmiris in the occupied Kashmir through fake encounters and other pretexts and 550 days have completed to one of the most brutal, draconian, and inhuman lockdown modern world there, said Rosemary Victoria Schofield, a noted British author, biographer, and historian. She was addressing a webinar arranged by the National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR) to mark the Kashmir Solidarity Day on Friday here on âKashmir under Siege: Pakistan India and an Unending Warâ here.
Kashmiris may join Pakistan or be independent, says Imran
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February 6, 2021
KOTLI: Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday told Kashmiris that Pakistan will grant them both the people of Azad Kashmir and Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) the right to be part of Pakistan or be a free state, if they so wish.
The premier also made a conditional offer for a dialogue on the Kashmir dispute to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His offer came during a public gathering in Kotli, near the Line of Control (LoC), as the nation observed the Kashmir Solidarity Day. Addressing India, he said: Today, I say to you again. Come resolve this Kashmir dispute with us. And for that, the first thing you must do is to restore Article 370. And then speak to us. And then, as per the United Nations resolution, give the Kashmiris their due right.”
Pakistan Embassy in Riyadh commemorates Kashmir Solidarity Day
February 6, 2021
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: In order to commemorate ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’, the Embassy of Pakistan in Riyadh held a virtual conference on February 5, 2021.
The objective was to show solidarity with our Kashmiri brothers as well as to highlight different aspects of the Kashmir dispute, human rights violations, and continued atrocities being committed by the Indian Armed Forces in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) since August 5, 2019.
The event was attended by a large number of Pakistani and Kashmiri diaspora including a cross-section of academics and media.
The speakers paid tribute to the sacrifices rendered by the Kashmiri community in their struggle for the right to self-determination.
FM Qureshi seeks unified message from OIC platform for India to halt its oppression in Kashmir
February 6, 2021
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has underlined the need for a unified message from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) platform to India, demanding the New Delhi regime to rescind its illegal and unilateral actions in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
The emphasis was laid down by the Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi while addressing the Ambassadorial Meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir in New York via video link on Saturday.
The following is the full text of his address to the