Kashmiris to mark August 15 as black day

LONDON Tehreek-e-Kashmir (TeK), a UK-based Kashmiri organisation, has asked the Kashmiris to celebrate August 14 with Pakistani brethrens while mark Indias Independence Day as a black day on August 15. We will observe Indias Independence Day as black day to tell the world that Kashmiris dont want to live with India, said Mohammad Ghalib, President TeK, after chairing a meeting held at Kashmir House Birmingham on Tuesday. He said the TeK would also observe August 13 as the Right to Self-Determination Day for the Kashmiri people to remind the United Nations of its Security Council resolution passed on the same day in 1948. The resolution, he said, had guaranteed Kashmiris the right to decide the future according their will, which was accepted both by India and Pakistan. Ghalib said the neighbouring countries were ready to celebrate the 64th anniversary of their independence but the Kashmiris were still struggling for their right to make a decision about their future. Holding India responsible for the imbroglio, he said New Delhi had never showed sincerity to resolve Kashmir issue and it was trying to silence the voice of Kashmiri people through military might, adding that India had killed half million innocents, imposed draconian laws and snatched away their democratic, political and religious rights. Expressing the resolve of continuing their struggle relentlessly, he regretted that the silence of international community and the United Nations had encouraged India to violate human rights in the occupied valley with impunity. He urged Pakistan not to hold talks with India, until later recognised the Kashmir issue as a dispute and expressed willingness to resolve the matter according to the aspirations of Kashmiri people. Secretary General TeK Mufti Abdul Majid Nadeem felicitated the people of Pakistan on their Independence Day and asked them not to forget their brothers and sisters in the Occupied Kashmir.

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