Austria Vienna :The Embassy of Pakistan Austria Vienna hosted an event to observe Youm-e-Istehsal to express solidarity with the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK), and to highlight the egregious human rights violations being committed by India in IIOJK. The event was held as part of Youm-e-Istehsal activities to mark the sixth anniversary of India’s illegal and unilateral actions of 05 August 2019 in IIOJK.
During the event, messages from the President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister were also read. In his remarks, Ambassador Mohammed Kamran Akhtar Malik called for UN supervised investigations into the extrajudicial killings to ensure the implementation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir and the wishes of the Kashmiri people. He underscored that, on this Day, the Government and the people of Pakistan demonstrate their continued support to the struggle of Kashmiri brothers and sisters in IIOJK.
Ambassador Kamran Akhtar Malik also stated that our collective efforts must continue to galvanise support of the international community and to utilise all available platforms effectively to demand an end to India’s gross and widespread human rights violations in IIOJK.
The event was attended by Pakistani community members and representatives of the Kashmiri diaspora based in Austria and Slovakia who expressed their solidarity with the people of Kashmir. They were unanimous in their views that the international community must come together to raise its voice against the reign of terror and suppression and the gross and widespread violations of human rights and international humanitarian law due to the illegal and forcible occupation of IIOJK by India. They all prayed for the brutal occupation of IIOJK to end and for the realisation of the right of self determination for all Kashmiris.
