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ISLAMABAD, (APP): A meeting of federal cabinet chaired
by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday announced to mark
Tuesday as ‘black day’ against the killing of innocent Kashmiris by
Indian security forces in Occupied Kashmir.
The cabinet also decided to convene joint session of the
parliament to discuss the situation in Indian held Kashmir.
Addressing the meeting held at Lahore’s Governor’s House,
the Prime Minister said Pakistan would continue to provide moral
and diplomatic support to Kashmiris in their just struggle for self-determination.
“I and entire Pakistan nation steadfastly stand by Kashmiris
against Indian oppression,” he said, according to details of the
meeting as given here by the PM’s Office.
He said the Kashmiris were fighting for their freedom and
emphasized that Indian hostility would further strengthen their
resolve.
He said the 0.7 million Indian security forces could not
repress the Kashmiris’ movement.
Sharif said Pakistan would play its role in ‘awakening the
conscience’ of international community.
All institutions of Pakistan would highlight the tyranny of
Indian security forces being meted to innocent Kashmiris, the Prime
Minister said.
Earlier, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry briefed the Cabinet
on situation in Indian-held Kashmir.
The federal cabinet condemned the terrorist attacks in Saudi
Arabia, Turkey, Bangladesh, Indonesia,and France and expressed grief
over the loss of precious lives.
The Cabinet also offered fateha for late social worker Abdul
Sattar Edhi, qawwal Amjad Sabri and the Kashmiri martyrs.