On Youm-e-Istehsal day, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Monday emphasised that granting due rights to the people of Kashmir and Palestine was the only way to maintain peace and stability in the region.
In his televised address to the Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, the prime minister said the day was not far away when both India and Israel will be bound to give due rights to the people of Palestine and Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) as all ways other than this lead to total destruction.
He said Pakistan was a nuclear power and that was part of its defence. However, he said Pakistan had never thought of aggression with regard to its nuclear power. “Therefore the better option is to adopt the peaceful way and sit together to find out the peaceful solution to the Kashmir dispute.”
PM Shehbaz pointed out that this occasion reminded us of the grave consequences of India’s illegal actions of 5 August 2019 vis-à-vis Indian Ilegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Ever since, he said today, in IIOJK, efforts were being made to silence the genuine leadership of the Kashmiri people and muzzle the media. The number of political prisoners remain in the thousands, while 14 political organizations have been outlawed.
