Black Day in Pakistan on July 19 against 'Indian barbarism'

Pak PM Nawaz Sharif says 'Indian brutalities will give impetus to the freedom struggle'

Islamabad: Further needling India on the Kashmir issue, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif yesterday declared slain Hizbul commander Burhan Wani as a "martyr" and said July 19 will be observed as Black Day to express solidarity with people of Kashmir.

J&K police stop senior leaders out on a peaceful protest march against civilian killings in Srinagar on Friday. Pic/PTI

Addressing a special meeting in Lahore to discuss the situation in Kashmir, the Pakistani PM termed the "movement of Kashmiris as a movement of freedom".

"Pakistan would continue to extend moral, political and diplomatic support for Kashmiris in their just struggle for right to self-determination," he said.

"Sharif termed Burhan Wani as martyr of independence movement," Radio Pakistan reported. He said, the "Indian brutalities will give impetus to the freedom struggle and Kashmiri people will get their right to self-determination for which Pakistani is standing behind them."

"Seven hundred thousand Indian soldiers deployed in Occupied Kashmir could not suppress the struggle of Kashmiris," he was quoted as saying by Radio Pakistan.

On the proposal of Sharif, the Pakistan cabinet decided that "Black Day will be observed on Tuesday (July 19) against Indian barbarism in Occupied Kashmir."

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