Black Day observed against Indian occupation of Kashmir.

KARACHI -- Black Day was observed in Karachi and rest of Sindh province on Sunday to express solidarity with the people of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK) and condemn India's illegal occupation of the disputed territory. Rallies and seminars were organised in the metropolis to condemn human rights abuses by Indian forces in the IOJK and mark October 27, the day when Indian troops invaded Jammu and Kashmir and occupied it in 1947, as Black Day .

Participants of a rally, organised by Anjuman-e-Itehad Biradaran Vadiye Kashmir outside Karachi Press Club, raised slogans in support of Kashmiris and demanded lifting of curfew in IOJK.

Expressing solidarity with Kashmiris, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, in a statement, condemned Indian brutalities in IOJK and said eight million Kashmiris have been deprived of basic human rights due to curfew and other restrictions by India in the disputed territory since August 5. Imran Ismail said Kashmiris had been facing Indian brutalities for the past seven decades to get their right to self-determination. The governor said IOJK had been turned into a huge prison. He urged world community to take notice of Indian atrocities and get the Kashmir dispute resolved in accordance with UN resolutions.

The governor said Kashmiris' struggle for their right to self-determination cannot be suppressed with force.

He expressed the confidence that Kashmiris would soon achieve success in their freedom struggle.

SHIKARPUR

Black Day was observed across Shikarpur to express solidarity with people of Kashmir, here on Sunday.

A huge rally was arranged by district administration Shikarpur. It was led by Ali Raza Ansari, Assistant Deputy Commissioner Shikarpur-1, while many programmes were held at educational institutions including Government High School No 2 and Qazi Habibullah High School, where a large number of students, teachers and parents participated.

Speaking on the occasion, Ali Raza Ansari, ADC-1, said that the rights of majority were caused even today nearly 9 million Muslim populations is under siege by nearly o.9 Indian troops since 85 days and their communication was forcibly disconnected and Indian forces have broken all records of barbarism even youths and teenage girls have been missed/kidnapped further said that Kashmiris are our Muslim brothers and their hardships and worries...