Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar and Governor Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar led a rally from Governor’s House to Faisal Chowk on the occasion of Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir on Wednesday. The anthems of Pakistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir were aired and sirens blared to express solidarity with the oppressed people of Occupied Kashmir. The participants expressed their unanimity by forming a human chain at Faisal Chowk and chanted ‘Kashmir will become Pakistan.’ Addressing the participants, the CM Usman Buzdar said the whole nation is celebrating this day with fervour. He paid rich tributes to the continuous struggle of Kashmiris against Indian subjugation and declared that Kashmiris live in the hearts of the Pakistanis. We cannot forget them and will continue to side with them, he added. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had rightly termed Kashmir as jugular vein of Pakistan and its incomplete without the state of Kashmir. We cannot back off from the core issue of Kashmir, he stressed. The CM announced to name one road in every division as Srinagar Road and reiterated the government will continue to support the Kashmiris. Governor Chaudhary Sarwar said that Modi blatantly violated the UN resolutions on August 5, 2019, and violated all human rights by illegally revoking the special status of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The government will continue to expose Indian obstinacy and its illegal steps at every forum because Pakistan is incomplete without Kashmir. He termed Modi as fascist and the disciple of Hitler. Hindu supremacist Modi first orchestrated Muslims’ genocide in Gujarat and then in Occupied Kashmir. He has made the lives of the Kashmiris most miserable in Indian Occupied Kashmir. The minority communities are living in continued fear and misery in India while the minorities enjoy full freedom in Pakistan, he added. The 22 crore people are firmly standing with the Kashmiris, he further said. Provincial Ministers Mian Aslam Iqbal, Yasmin Rashid, Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan, Akhtar Malik, Noman Langrial, assembly members Nazir Chohan, Musarat Jamshed Cheema, Mahindar Pal Singh, President PTI Punjab Central Ejaz Chaudhary and others attended the rally. Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has thanked the Pakistani nation especially people of Punjab for observing Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir in a befitting manner. Usman Buzdar said that citizens of Pakistan participated in agitation ceremonies held against revoking special status of India Occupied Kashmir. The Pakistani nation expressed solidarity with Kashmiris brethren. He especially paid tribute to the minorities of Pakistan including Hindu, Sikh and Christian community for participating in the ceremonies organized on the occasion of Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir. He said that Kashmir is an international issue and all have raised unanimously voice for the cause of Kashmir. He said that Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir is disputed territory and the international community will have to pay attention to the solution of this burning issue. Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul called on Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office and discussed matters of mutual interests. Both strongly condemned Indian brutalities against hapless Kashmiris and continued curfew in Indian Occupied Kashmir. They appreciated the step of adding Occupied Jammu & Kashmir in the political map of Pakistan. The CM termed it as the desire of every Pakistan and Kashmiri. Kashmir is an unfinished agenda of the partition of Indian in 1947. Today, Occupied Jammu & Kashmir has been included in the political map of Pakistan and it will be a part of Pakistan tomorrow, he said. Prime Minister Imran Khan is the fearless ambassador of Kashmiris and he has fought the case of Kashmir at every forum. He said Kashmir has an immortal association with Pakistan and Pakistan is staunchly standing with the Kashmiris in this hour of trial. He stressed that India cannot continue its illegal occupation through cruelty and oppression. The CM regretted India has taken a tyrannical step by revoking the special status of Occupied Kashmir. The brutal Modi regime’s night of oppression is about to end, he declared. The CM further said the DG Khan institute of cardiology will benefit the people of all the four provinces. The government has focused on overcoming the deprivations of backward areas and it is working day and night to ameliorate the lot of the common man, he emphasised. The southern Punjab secretariat has been set up and public problems will be solved at their doorsteps, he said. Zartaj Gul said that freedom of Kashmir is not far away and Indian is facing humiliation at every level. India is showing its traditional stubbornness and trickery but no power, on the earth, can separate Kashmir from Pakistan, she asserted. She appreciated the work done by CM Punjab for the development of DG Khan adding that record development has been made in southern Punjab during the last two years. She also apprised the CM about the development projects of DG Khan city. On the instruction of Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar, a 3- member committee has been constituted to improve the existing system of shelter homes. ACS (U&I) will be the convenor while Secretary Social Welfare and Chairman PITB are nominated as members. This committee will submit recommendations about financial and administrative autonomy of shelter homes to the CM within seven days to improve the overall arrangements along with formulation of a new IT-based system for the monitoring of the shelter homes and provision of best services to the citizens.