Kashmir Solidarity Day
Kashmir Solidarity Day (Urdu: یوم یکجہتی کشمیر), or Kashmir Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan on 5 February each year. It is in observance of Pakistan's support of and unity with the people of Indian administered Kashmir, the separatists' efforts to secede from India, and to pay homage to the Kashmiris who have died in the conflict.[1][2] Solidarity rallies are held in Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and by some members of the Mirpuri diaspora.[citation needed]
Kashmir Day was first proposed by Qazi Hussain Ahmad of the Jamaat-e-Islami party in Pakistan in 1990.[3] In 1991, the then-Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif called for a "Kashmir Solidarity Day Strike".[4] Sharif had come to power with the help of Jamaat the previous year. The 1991 event was also a Jamaat affair.[5]
Kashmir Solidarity Day Kashmir Solidarity Day (Urdu: یوم یکجہتی کشمیر), or Kashmir Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan on 5 February each year. It is in observance of Pakistan's support of and unity with the people of Indian administered Kashmir, the separatists' efforts to secede from India, and to pay homage to the Kashmiris who have died in the conflict.[1][2] Solidarity rallies are held in Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and by some members of the Mirpuri diaspora.[citation needed]
Kashmir Day was first proposed by Qazi Hussain Ahmad of the Jamaat-e-Islami party in Pakistan in 1990.[3] In 1991, the then-Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif called for a "Kashmir Solidarity Day Strike".[4] Sharif had come to power with the help of Jamaat the previous year. The 1991 event was also a Jamaat affair.[5]