Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Youm-e-Istehsal will be observed all across Pakistan on August 5 to mark the 365 days of Indian military siege of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) . The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government has planned a range of activities on August 5 to express solidarity with the oppressed Kashmiris and expose India’s brutalities.
According to Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi,”Pakistan is going to highlight Indian atrocities in Kashmir on this day.”
On August 5, 2019, India repealed articles 35A and 370 of its constitution, revoking the special status granted to the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Imran Khan, who had committed to play the role of Kashmir’s ambassador, will make a historic address to the Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir after a solidarity walk also to be joined by AJK president and prime minister in Muzaffarabad.
Besides solidarity walks across the country to be led by the political leadership regardless of the political divide, a one-minute silence would also be observed at 10 am after blaring of sirens.
The government had decided to change the name of Kashmir Highway in Islamabad to Srinagar Highway and installed sign boards on roads to this effect. A memorandum would be presented to the United Nations Observer Mission.
A special postal stamp has been issued by the Ministry of Postal Services to highlight the Indian aggression and human rights abuses by depicting a minor sitting over the body of his slain grandfather killed by the Indian troops in Sopore town in early July.
