Kashmir Black Day observed in Canada

Associated Press of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): Pakistan High Commission, Ottawa held an event on Thursday in connection with the Kashmir Black Day to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir who are struggling for their right of self determination. Addressing the function the key note speaker Mr. Scott Taylor said in 1948, Canadian General Andrew McNaughton was the President of the UN Security Council which passed the Resolution proposing the right to self determination for the people of Kashmir.Canada needs to play a more active role in the resolution of the Kashmir issue and in peacekeeping there, he said.Mr. Scott Taylor is the Editor and publisher of Canadian military (magazine) and writer of numerous books on conflicts in Afghanistan and Central Asian States, says a message received here on Thursday from Pakistan High Commission, Ottawa.

High Commissioner Akbar Zeb in his message read on the occasion said Pakistan's principled position on Jammu and Kashmir is based on the UN Security Council resolutions, which provide that the final disposition of Jammu and Kashmir will be made in accordance with the will of the people of Kashmir.

He called upon the international community and international human rights bodies to take due cognizance of the plight of the Kashmiri people.

These organizations have also asked India to allow an independent and transparent inquiry into the actions of its military and paramilitary forces and to desist from the use of torture which is prevalent in the valley, he added.

He said Pakistan has always emphasized the necessity of a meaningful, constructive and result oriented dialogue to resolve the Kashmir dispute. Pakistan, he said will continue to provide moral and political support to the struggle of the people of Kashmiri.

Later a documentary highlighting the reign of terror unleashed by Indian security forces in the Indian held Kashmir was shown.

The event was attended by the members of Canadian-Pakistani Community.