Pakistan can defend rights of Kashmiris: FM
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Pakistan's nation has the capacity to defend the rights of Kashmiri people.
In his message on Defence and Martyrs Day, he said on this day we are also expressing solidarity with our Kashmiri brothers and sisters.
The foreign minister said Pakistan and Kashmiris categorically reject the Indian illegal and unilateral actions in Occupied Kashmir.
In his message, Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed said that every children of Pakistan is ready to sacrifice his life for saving its motherland in any tested time. Saluting the martyrs, he said that every martyr is Pakistani asset.”
Commenting on the Kashmir situation, the minister said that the blunder of stripping Article 370 in Occupied Kashmir by fascist Modi’s government will go in favour of the Kashmiri people. “Due to the Modi’s mistake, the Kashmir will get independence,” he maintained.
Today, the nation is observing Defence Day and Kashmir Solidarity Day with national fervor.
Marking the 54th anniversary of the 1965 Pakistan-India war, the martyrs and ghazis are being tribute. The nation is also reaffirming commitment to defend the motherland against all threats.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Indian forces crossed international border in the darkness of night to attack Pakistan but the nation foiled nefarious designs of the enemy in 1965 on this day.
The day began with a 31-gun salute in Islamabad and 21-gun salutes in the all provincial capitals. Special prayers were also offered after Fajr prayers for the independence of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) as well as for the progress and prosperity of Pakistan.