Balochistan CM Bugti expresses solidarity with Kashmiris on Black Day

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti has said that 27 October is a Black Day for the Kashmiri people, because on this day Indian forces entered Kashmir and laid the foundation of illegal occupation.

The people of Pakistan, especially the people and government of Balochistan, stand with their Kashmiri brothers and support their right to self-determination.

In a message issued on Kashmir Black Day, the chief minister said Pakistan regards the Kashmiri people as its brothers and Kashmir as its jugular vein. He said the Kashmir dispute should be resolved justly in line with the relevant United Nations resolutions, and the Kashmiri people should be given the right to decide their own future.

Mir Sarfraz Bugti said reports of human rights violations by Indian forces in occupied Kashmir, the killing of innocent civilians and atrocities against women were deeply worrying. He said the heavy presence of the Indian army in Kashmir showed that the Kashmiri people were continuing their struggle for freedom and the right to self-determination.

The Balochistan chief minister said the people and the provincial government of Balochistan express complete solidarity with their Kashmiri brothers. He said the sacrifices of the Kashmiri people reflected their desire for freedom and their resolve to secure their basic rights.

Mir Sarfraz Bugti expressed the resolve that Pakistan would continue its political, moral and diplomatic support for the Kashmiri people. He expressed the hope that the Kashmiri people would get the right to self-determination in accordance with the UN resolutions and their aspirations, and that a just solution to the Kashmir dispute would be made possible.