Rallies across country held to mark Kashmir Black Day

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : " In connection with the observance, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar addressed letters to key international figures, including the President of the UN General Assembly, the President of the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
58% : ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Monday observed Kashmir Black Day with solemn nationwide and international events, renewing calls for the United Nations and the broader international community to ensure a peaceful and just settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
50% : "For seventy-eight years, Kashmiris have faced unimaginable atrocities, yet their love for Pakistan and their spirit for freedom remain unbroken," he said, emphasizing that durable peace in South Asia hinges upon the resolution of the Kashmir dispute in line with UN resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
50% : He stressed that "the United Nations owes it to the Kashmiri people" to ensure justice and implementation of its own resolutions.
47% : A Foreign Office spokesperson, in an official statement, said the observance of Kashmir Black Day "served as a solemn reminder of the grave injustices endured by the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir for more than seven decades and expressed solidarity with their legitimate struggle for the right to self-determination, as enshrined in the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
40% : Dar drew attention to India's use of repressive laws, demographic engineering through new domicile rules, and the imprisonment of legitimate Kashmiri leadership, describing these as "flagrant violations of international law, the UN Charter, and the Geneva Conventions."
40% : President Asif Ali Zardari, in his special message, urged the United Nations and international human rights organizations to hold India accountable for "grave and systematic human rights violations" in IIOJK.
37% : In these letters, he apprised them of the worsening human rights situation in IIOJK and India's continued denial of the Kashmiri people's fundamental freedoms in contravention of international law and relevant UN resolutions.

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