Festival showcases Kashmiri culture.

RAWALPINDI -- A one-day cultural programme was organised at Punjab Arts Council in collaboration with Azad Kashmir Youth and Culture Department.

The special guest of the programme was Azad Jammu and Kashmir Minister Akbar Ibrahim, while secretary Youth and Culture Department Chaudhry Raqib, Coordinator to Prime Minister Imran Jafri, Sports Youth and Culture Director General Mehrban Chaudhry, Director (Sports) Amjad Mughal and Cultural Officer Liaquat joined the event as special guests.

Mr Ibrahim said that the purpose of the festival was to highlight Kashmiri culture in the twin cities.

According to geologists, Kashmir was a free and independent state in 5,000 BC. In 1586, the sun of Kashmir's independence had set in such a way that the glory of independence was extinguished forever.

When the sub-continent was partitioned in 1947, there was hope in the hearts of Kashmiris that they would be able to decide their own destiny, but Kashmir came out of the clutches of old and weak imperialism only to get caught in the clutches of powerful colonialists, Mr Ibrahim said.

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