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No Pakistani diplomat will attend the Republic Day functions in India being observed on January 26 , Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in the central Pakistan city of Multan on Monday.
India is heading towards a Hindutva state and it can no more present its so-called secular face to the world, Qureshi said, adding that Kashmiris in Indian Kashmir and minorities in India are not safe.
A day earlier, New Delhi’s Khan Market metro station resounded with slogans of “Pakistan Zindabad” (long live Pakistan).
Talking to media men, Qureshi also spoke about the new US administration and the Afghan peace process. He said Pakistan and the United States have the same policy on Afghanistan – both countries want peace.
Pakistan believes that there is no military solution of Afghanistan issue: Foreign Minister @SMQureshiPTI https://t.co/CBpZGl7yKz
— Radio Pakistan (@RadioPakistan) January 25, 2021
Meanwhile, Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over will observe the Indian Republic Day as Black Day on Tuesday, to draw the international community’s attention towards unlawful and forcible Indian occupation of Jammu and Kashmir.
It also aims to apprise the world of the continued brutalities and custodial killing of innocent Kashmiris and the unabated massive violations of human rights by Indian occupying forces in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K).
According to Radio Pakistan, the APHC, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Alliance and Youth Freedom Fighter through posters displayed in several cities, towns and others areas of the valley asked people to boycott all Indian official celebrations and hoist black flags on houses, shops, electricity polls and other installations.
The APHC asked people to impose civil curfew in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
However, Indian forces have been deployed in massive numbers all across the occupied territory, especially around the venues of tomorrow’s functions to prevent anti-India protests.
In Azad Jammu and Kashmir, protest rallies and demonstrations will be held in all ten districts tomorrow to mark the Indian Republic Day as a Black Day.
In Muzaffarabad, leaders of various political parties, including those in the AJK Legislative Assembly, will lead a rally to mark the day.
