ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Post on Thursday issued special postage stamps to portray martyred Kashmiri youth leader, Burhan Wani, describing him a ‘Freedom Icon’.
Pakistan Post had begun issuing special postage stamps on July 24, this year, to locally and internationally highlight the brutalities of Indian troops on the people of occupied Kashmir engaged in a peaceful struggle to achieve freedom from India’s illegal occupation of their homeland, total of 20 stamps are part of the project, Kashmir Media Service (KMS) reported.
The stamps carry photos of Burhan Wani and his two associates killed in a fake encounter by Indian troops in Islamabad district of south Kashmir in July 2016.
The commemorative stamps also portray the victims of pellet guns and destruction caused by the chemical weapons used by the Indian forces’ personnel in the occupied territory.
It is to mention here that the extrajudicial killing of Burhan Wani on July 8, 2016, triggered the ongoing mass uprising in occupied Kashmir.
[…] On 20 September, Pakistani papers reported that the Pakistan Postal Department had released a postage stamp commemorating Burhan Wani, the slain militant leader. These were a series of 20 stamps that the postal department began to release from 24 July, a day before the elections, according to BBC. The decision-making included the caretaker Prime Minister’s office, the communications and foreign ministry among others. The series includes victims of alleged chemical weapons attacks and pellet injuries. But here’s the thing. The Burhan Wani postage stamp appears to have been issued or reported as issued on the day that New Delhi agreed to talks. This was clearly deliberate provocation. The next day Delhi cancelled the talks. […]
[…] On 20 September, Pakistani papers reported that the Pakistan Postal Department had released a postage stamp commemorating Burhan Wani, the slain militant leader. These were a series of 20 stamps that the postal department began to release from 24 July, a day before the elections, according to BBC. The decision-making included the caretaker Prime Minister’s office, the communications and foreign ministry among others. The series includes victims of alleged chemical weapons attacks and pellet injuries. But here’s the thing. The Burhan Wani postage stamp appears to have been issued or reported as issued on the day that New Delhi agreed to talks. This was clearly deliberate provocation. The next day Delhi cancelled the talks. […]
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