Each year, Government and People of Pakistan celebrate 5th February as a solidarity day with the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
The primary focus of this solidarity is the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), who have suffered massive human rights violations at the hands of Indian security forces since 1990.
Kashmir Solidarity Day 2023 is being celebrated in a changed environment, where Pakistan has gone down economically and there is a wider political divide in the country with no clear road map to revamp the entire structure.
This was a criminal act of the Indian Government, a violation of the UN Charter, and UN resolutions, and a serious desecration of the Humanitarian Declaration 1948 of.
This year the people and Government of Pakistan are celebrating solidarity with Kashmiris for attaining four objectives.
One; the restoration of the pre-August 5, 2019 special status of IIIOJK by undoing the illegal act of India through which it took by revoking Articles 370 and 35-A.
Two; emphasizing India to stop human rights violations in IIOJK.
Three; creating awareness among the international community about the unresolved nature of the Kashmir dispute.
Four; stressing the United Nations that this international body is still lacking in the implementation of its resolutions on Kashmir, therefore, must take steps to resolve the dispute as per the wishes of its people.
Apart from massive human rights violations by Indian security forces, the occupied State is in a state of constant siege and surveillance while Indian forces and RSS militants are free to kill, torture, and arrest any innocent Kashmiri.
The Kashmiri leadership has been put into jails or else under house arrest while the masses are facing the situation of an open prison in an extremely cold winter where there is a freezing temperature in the Valley.
Thousands of Kashmiris have been killed and injured since August 5, 2019. Besides, thousands of youths have been taken to torture centers and prisons outside the state boundaries in various parts of India.
Indeed, the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35-A was meant to rehabilitate the Non-Kashmiris in the occupied state, especially in the Valley of Kashmir.
Non-Kashmiri Hindus from all parts of India are being allotted land in IIOJK for making demographic changes.
All the demographic changes are aimed to convert the Muslim majority into a minority. As revealed by people of IIOJK, Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteers of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Youth Wing of Bajrang Dal (BD) the religious Hindu militant organization of the Vishva Hindu Parishad have been moved into the Valley to terrorize the Muslim Kashmiri masses.
Since last over three years, these Indian state-sponsored militants have killed hundreds of Kashmiri youths, torched and detonated houses, and raped Kashmiri Muslim womenfolk in Jammu and Valley areas.
These terrorist groups have been given total impunity and freedom by the BJP Government under Modi.
Unfortunately, there is no response from the international community over this illegal Indian act and India is taking advantage of this international silence and insensitive Muslim world.
Rather the Muslim states of the Middle East are supporting India through enhanced collaboration with New Delhi.
Owing to poor leadership and the vested interests of a few families/individuals, there are no worthwhile efforts undertaken by the Imran Khan Government and the Coalition Government of Shehbaz Sharif, except the rhetoric.
The State of Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan have a historical relationship, which dates back centuries.
Author: Professor Dr. Muhammad Khan
