Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif presides Cabinet meeting at Governor House

Lahore : A meeting of federal cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday announced to mark Tuesday as ‘black day’ against the killing of innocent Kashmiris by Indian security forces in Occupied Kashmir.

The cabinet also decided to convene joint session of the parliament to discuss the situation in Indian held Kashmir.

Addressing the meeting held at Lahore’s Governor’s House,the Prime Minister said Pakistan would continue to provide moral and diplomatic support to Kashmiris in their just struggle for self-determination. “I and entire Pakistan nation steadfastly stand by Kashmiris against Indian oppression,” he said, according to details of the meeting as given here by the PM’s Office. He said the Kashmiris were fighting for their freedom and emphasized that Indian hostility would further strengthen their
resolve. He said the 0.7 million Indian security forces could not repress the Kashmiris’ movement.

Sharif said Pakistan would play its role in ‘awakening the conscience’ of international community.
All institutions of Pakistan would highlight the tyranny of Indian security forces being meted to innocent Kashmiris, the Prime Minister said.

Earlier, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry briefed the Cabinet on situation in Indian-held Kashmir.
The federal cabinet condemned the terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bangladesh, Indonesia,and France and expressed grief over the loss of precious lives.
The Cabinet also offered fateha for late social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi, qawwal Amjad Sabri and the Kashmiri martyrs.