Arrangements Afoot To Observe Kashmir Martyrs Day On July 13

Arrangements are afoot at both sides of the LoC ( Azad Jammu and Kashmir and occupied Kashmir) as well as rest of the world to observe the 88th Kashmir Martyrs Day on Saturday (July 13) with the renewal of the pledge to continue their ongoing struggle for the achievement of their fundamental right to self determination

MIRPUR (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Jul, 2019 ) : Arrangements are afoot at both sides of the LoC ( Azad Jammu and Kashmir and occupied Kashmir) as well as rest of the world to observe the 88th Kashmir Martyrs Day on Saturday (July 13) with the renewal of the pledge to continue their ongoing struggle for the achievement of their fundamental right to self determination.

Jammu and Kashmir people dwelling both sides of the line of control including Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and I OK observe this day every year to commemorate the supreme sacrifices of Kashmiri martyrs they gave this day in 1931 when the Dogra troops shot dead 22 Kashmiris in front of the Central Jail Srinagar.

It will be state holiday in Azad Jammu Kashmir on this occasion. A large number of people had gathered outside the jail protesting against the trial of a young man Abdul Qadeer for treason inside the prison.

Special meetings including seminars and symposiums will be held to pay rich tributes to Kashmiri martyrs to be followed by protest rallies and demonstrations against India for keeping Jammu and Kashmir state in her forcible and unlawful occupation since over last six decades, official sources told APP here on Tuesday while unveiling the state program to commemorate the day to pay glorious tributes to the sons of the soil who laid down their lives for the dignity and honour of the motherland and its liberation from the long Indian subjugation.

In Mirpur a special meeting to pay glorious tributes to the Kashmiri martyrs will be held on this occasion under the auspices of the National Events Organizing Committee with the coordination of various political social and public representative organizations.

The programme to mark the day with full respect and honour is being given final touches, the official sources said. Public meetings will also be held in all major cities including Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Bagh, Rawalakot, Sudhanoti, Bhimbher and Neelam valley and all other small and major towns and cities.

In these special functions speakers will pay rich tributes to the Kashmiris martyrs of 1931 who were gunned down by the then dogra rulers outside the Central Jail Srinagar for raising voice for the liberation of the motherland from the Dogra yoke.