FEBRUARY five is observed as a solidarity day each year to pledge our resolve to support the Kashmiris in their struggle for their right to self-determination.
Kashmir remains an unresolved issue and a bone of contention between India and Pakistan.
What is happening on the line of control is a clear indication that India is not serious in carrying on the peace talks with its neighbour. Siachin, Sir Creek and the water dispute continue to figure in all bilateral talks but are never bilaterally resolved. Pakistan had agreed to grant India a most-favoured nation status.
Our one-sided concessions to India at this stage would certainly undermine the efforts of the Kashmiris who are looking for their right to self-determination.
This is a day when the people of Pakistan get together to highlight and expose to the world Indian brutalities and atrocities being committed on innocent Kashmiris.
This is a day when Pakistan appeals to the world community to help in resolving the core issue of Kashmir that has been lingering on since 1948.
Neither should the Kashmir issue be put on the backburner nor should normalisation of relations with India come at the cost of silence on the struggle of our brothers and sisters in Indian-Occupied Kashmir.