Oct 27 blackest day in history of mankind, says KP chief minister

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that October 27, 1947, was undisputed the blackest day in the history of mankind and called for negotiated settlement to the longstanding issue, which was disrupting peace in the region.

“The Indian brutal aggression on this day on the innocent Kashmiris wrote a new chapter of tyranny, barbarism, aggression and atrocities,” he said in a message on the Black Day.

He condemned the suppression and atrocities of Indian barbaric approach towards Kashmiris. He reaffirmed to continue moral, political and diplomatic support for the plebiscite in Kashmir.

The chief minister said that on this day India entered their forces to deprive the people of Kashmir from their right of self determination. He said 70 years down the line, the people of Kashmir were still at the receiving end that was condemnable as the Indian forces were mercilessly killing them.

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“The only fault of the Kashmiris is that they are struggling for their liberation from the Indian illegal occupation,” he rued. He hoped that Kashmiris would win their war of freedom.

Mahmood Khan called upon the international community to support the just cause of the Kashmiris and rescue them from the barbarism and atrocities of India.

He said that Indian had a dual standard on the occupation of the land of Kashmiris. The minister asked to find a negotiated settlement to the longstanding issue of Kashmir dispute, adding that it would be the first step towards a durable peace in the whole region.

He asked the international community to play a positive role in the settlement of Kashmir dispute peacefully.