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| February 6, 2006 | Monday | Muharram 7, 1427 |
Children pledge support for freedom struggle
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Children pledged their support to the Kashmiri people’ struggle for independence from India occupation at a function held in connection with the Kashmir Solidarity Day here on Sunday.
They also chanted slogans in favour of the day when the people of Kashmir would join them as fellow citizens. The function was arranged by the Pakistan National Council of the Arts at Aabpara community centre.
Federal Minister Mahmud Ali, who was the chief guest on the occasion, explained the background of the Kashmir problem to the children. He said an overwhelming majority of the people of the state desired its accession to Pakistan, but it was India which went to the United Nations with a complaint. The UN rightly decided the plebiscite formula to settle the dispute. However, the UN had failed in implementing its own decision.
He was suspicious that this could be a conspiracy hatched by big powers such as the US, the US and Russia, who pressurized the UN and kept it from allowing plebiscite to take place.
“The UN has been selective in this regard,” the federal minister said. At another function held at Lok Virsa, hundreds of children drawn from different educational institutions made stirring speeches, presented songs and tableaux on the struggle of the Kashmiri people.
They performed alongside a banner which read: “The earthquake has further fortified Pakistan’s solidarity with Kashmir.” State Minister for Information Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli, who was the chief guest at the function, distributed certificates and gifts among the performers, and later accompanied them on a tour of the Heritage Museum.
Ms Tahirkheli also highlighted the Kashmir problem. “We will always stand by the Kashmiri people in their struggle to get rid of Indian tyranny in which there had been no let-up for the last 58 years,” she said.
Lok Virsa complex, no doubt, was the largest crowd puller of the Kashmir Solidarity Day observances held in the capital city.
The complex ground presented a picture of the Kashmiri struggle, with the scene of Kashmiri artisans engaged in making their home products, and their distinctive cuisines like Goshtaba. — Jonaid Iqbal
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