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Kashmir Day

We Want Freedom

Kashmir Solidarity Day, or Kashmir Day, is a national holiday in Pakistanand also observed by Kashmiri nationalists on 5 February each year. It is in observance of Pakistan’s support and unity with the people of Indian-administered Kashmir, their ongoing freedom struggle, and to pay homage to Kashmiri martyrs who lost their lives fighting for Kashmir’s freedom.Solidarity rallies are held in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan and by Kashmiri diasporain United Kingdom. The day often marks unrest in Indian controlled Kashmir.The major protests and incidents include 2010 Kashmir unrest, Doodhipora killing, 2006, 2009 Shopian rape and murder case and the Bomai Incident. Kashmir Day was first proposed by Qazi Hussain Ahmad of the Jamaat-e-Islami party in Pakistan in 1990.

purpose

Pakistan decline that atrocities are being committed by the Indian state in Kashmir. During the Kashmir valley protest in the summer of 2010 Syed Ali Shah Geelani, a key separatist leader, said "We want end to Indian occupation here and have already laid out our proposal for initiating a dialogue."
Solidarity day is to provide sympathetic and political support to the Kashmiri separatists who are struggling for their freedom from the Indian rule.

Objective

The day is also observed with the objective of seeking a peaceful solution to the Kashmir problem, besides delivering a pragmatic message to the international community. The hallmark of the day would be human chain of Pakistanis and Kashmiris to reiterate complete solidarity by forming human chains on all six bridges at the entering points of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
The day is normally starts with special prayers for the martyrs of Kashmir, victory of the freedom struggle and expression of solidarity with the Kashmiri people, followed by mass rallies, symposia, walks-for-peace, conventions, meetings and speech declamations. A one-minute silence is to observe at 10.00 hours on day to honour Kashmiri shuhada.

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