Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor on Tuesday paid tribute to the Kashmiri martyrs of 6 November, 1947 and till date on Kashmir Martyrs Day.
In a tweet , he said their great sacrifices shall accrue results.
“Tribute to Kashmiri martyrs of 6 Nov 1947 & till date on Kashmir Martyrs Day. Their great sacrifices shall accrue result IA. Continued atrocities by Indian Occupation forces can never suppress just political struggle for their legitimate right of self determination,” he said.
Tribute to Kashmiri martyrs of 6 Nov 1947 & till date on KashmirMartyrsDay. Their great sacrifices shall accrue result IA.Continued atrocities by Indian Occupation forces can never suppress just political struggle for their legitimate right of self determination.#KashmirBlackDay
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) November 6, 2018
During the first week of November, 1947, hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris were killed by Maharaja Hari Singh’s forces who were supported by the Indian Army and other religious extremists in Jammu. The Kashmiris were migrating to the newly independent country of Pakistan at the time.
Youm-e-Shuhada Jammu is observed on November 6 by Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and across the world.
Rallies and protests were organised across the region with the Kashmir Liberation Cell inviting Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan as chief guest for an even in the state capital of Muzaffarabad.
