AS usual, Kashmiris marked August 14, Pakistan's Independence Day, as Independence Day and August 15, India's Independence Day, as a Black Day. However, this meant that they had to brave the whole oppressive apparatus of the Indian state, which they did. To express contempt for the whole Indian set-up, a policeman flung his shoe at puppet Chief Minister Umar Abdullah, at an Indian Independence Day function in Srinagar. This also showed the resentment felt by Kashmiris generally at the brutal ongoing slaughter of Kashmiris, in which two more were killed on Saturday, which took the total toll of those killed in the current movement, which started on June 11, to 57. The present movement should tell India that the writing on the wall has appeared for its illegal occupation of Kashmir, and its denial to its people of the right of self-determination, in violation of its own commitments to the international community, as enshrined in the UNSC resolutions on the subject. Another aspect that must not be ignored is that Kashmiris are engaged in this twin commemoration worldwide. While the Kashmiris in the Held Valley are sacrificing their lives, the Kashmiris of the Diaspora are demonstrating that they are also sharing in the struggle of their brothers. They must be given a due role in the freedom struggle, and they must seek opportunities to embarrass India abroad. It is in this connection that Pakistan can play a positive role in supporting the Kashmiri freedom struggle, which it is committed to doing by the pressure of its people. India will not stop the bloodshed, unless New Delhi changes its attitude, and prepares in right earnest to implement those resolutions which provide for a UN-supervised plebiscite. Unless that is done, Kashmiris will continue to celebrate Pakistan Day as Independence Day, and Indian Independence Day as a Black Day, apart from humiliating its puppets. Pakistan will have to play its due role in helping the current freedom struggle succeed.