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	'''Kashmir Solidarity Day''' or '''Kashmir Day''' is a [[Public holidays in Pakistan\|national holiday]] observed in Pakistan on 5 February annually. It is observed to show Pakistan's support and unity with the people of Indian-administered [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)\|Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference\|Kashmiri separatist]]s' efforts to secede from India, and to pay homage to the [[Kashmiris]] who have died in the [[Kashmir conflict\|conflict]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Pakistan to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day today \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/05/stories/2007020503731300.htm \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=5 February 2007 \|access-date=5 February 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001184921/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/05/stories/2007020503731300.htm \|archive-date=1 October 2008 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Kashmir Day being observed today \|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=36715 \|work=[[The News International]] \|date=5 February 2008 \|access-date=5 February 2008 }}</ref> Solidarity rallies are held in the Pakistani-administered territory of [[Azad Kashmir\|Azad Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref name="DAWN.COM 2021">{{cite web \| title=Pakistan expresses 'unshakable' support for Kashmiris on Solidarity Day \| website=DAWN.COM \| date=2021-02-05 \| url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1605609 \| access-date=2021-02-05}}</ref> ~~as well as~~ by ~~some members of~~ the [[~~Mirpuri diaspora~~]].~~{{cn\|date~~=~~February 2021}}~~		'''Kashmir Solidarity Day''' or '''Kashmir Day''' is a [[Public holidays in Pakistan\|national holiday]] observed in Pakistan on 5 February annually. It is observed to show Pakistan's support and unity with the people of Indian-administered [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)\|Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference\|Kashmiri separatist]]s' efforts to secede from India, and to pay homage to the [[Kashmiris]] who have died in the [[Kashmir conflict\|conflict]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news \|title=Pakistan to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day today \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/05/stories/2007020503731300.htm \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=5 February 2007 \|access-date=5 February 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001184921/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/05/stories/2007020503731300.htm \|archive-date=1 October 2008 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Kashmir Day being observed today \|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=36715 \|work=[[The News International]] \|date=5 February 2008 \|access-date=5 February 2008 }}</ref> Solidarity rallies are held in the Pakistani-administered territory of [[Azad Kashmir\|Azad Jammu and Kashmir]],<ref name="DAWN.COM 2021">{{cite web \| title=Pakistan expresses 'unshakable' support for Kashmiris on Solidarity Day \| website=DAWN.COM \| date=2021-02-05 \| url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1605609 \| access-date=2021-02-05}}</ref> organized by Jamaat-ud-dawa, the religious charity associated with the banned [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] [[Islamist]] terrorist organisation.<ref name=":0" /> In 2007, the solidarity rally was addressed by [[Hafiz Saeed]] – a UN designated terrorist and co-founder of banned Lashkar-e-Taiba.<ref name=":0" />

	Kashmir Day was first proposed by [[Qazi Hussain Ahmad]] of the [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/277511-karachi-stands-with-kashmir-in-solidarity \|title=Karachi stands with Kashmir in solidarity \|date=2018-02-06 \|access-date=2018-02-10 \|language=en-PK \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211071649/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/277511-karachi-stands-with-kashmir-in-solidarity \|archive-date=11 February 2018 \|url-status=live }}</ref> In 1991, the then-[[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] called for a "Kashmir Solidarity Day Strike";<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Henne \|first1=Peter \|title=Islamic Politics, Muslim States, and Counterterrorism Tensions \|date=2017 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|isbn=9781107143227 \|page=89 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jdQoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA89 \|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> Sharif had come to power with the help of the Jamaat in the previous year, and the 1991 event was also a Jamaat affair.<ref>[https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aaa842.html Information on Jamaat-i Islami or Jammat Islami, its activities, membership, policies, and connections to military groups, other states, terrorist groups, etc.], Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, via UNHCR, 1 June 1991.</ref>		Kashmir Day was first proposed by [[Qazi Hussain Ahmad]] of the [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/277511-karachi-stands-with-kashmir-in-solidarity \|title=Karachi stands with Kashmir in solidarity \|date=2018-02-06 \|access-date=2018-02-10 \|language=en-PK \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211071649/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/277511-karachi-stands-with-kashmir-in-solidarity \|archive-date=11 February 2018 \|url-status=live }}</ref> In 1991, the then-[[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] called for a "Kashmir Solidarity Day Strike";<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Henne \|first1=Peter \|title=Islamic Politics, Muslim States, and Counterterrorism Tensions \|date=2017 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|isbn=9781107143227 \|page=89 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jdQoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA89 \|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> Sharif had come to power with the help of the Jamaat in the previous year, and the 1991 event was also a Jamaat affair.<ref>[https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aaa842.html Information on Jamaat-i Islami or Jammat Islami, its activities, membership, policies, and connections to military groups, other states, terrorist groups, etc.], Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, via UNHCR, 1 June 1991.</ref>
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	The current 'Kashmir Solidarity Day' was started by the Pakistani minister for [[Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan\|Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas]] in 2004.<ref>[https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/184157-What-does-Kashmir-Solidarity-Day-mean What does Kashmir Solidarity Day mean?], The News International, 5 February 2017</ref>		The current 'Kashmir Solidarity Day' was started by the Pakistani minister for [[Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan\|Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas]] in 2004.<ref>[https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/184157-What-does-Kashmir-Solidarity-Day-mean What does Kashmir Solidarity Day mean?], The News International, 5 February 2017</ref>

	In the United States, the [[New York State Assembly]] passed a resolution on 5 February 2021 calling on the Governor of New York to recognise the day as "Kashmir American Day". According to the resolution, the day is meant to recognise New York's Kashmiri community and to "champion human rights including the freedom of religion, movement, and expression for all Kashmiri people, which are embedded within the United States Constitution, through the recognition of diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious identities."<ref name="TH"/><ref name="Dawn"/> The Pakistani mission thanked the New York lawmaker [[Nader Sayegh]] and the American Pakistani ~~Adocacy~~ Group for their efforts.<ref name="TH">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/new-york-state-assembly-resolution-calls-for-recognition-of-kashmir-american-day/article33770437.ece\|title=New York State Assembly resolution calls for recognition of Kashmir American Day\|work=The Hindu\|date=6 February 2021\|accessdate=7 February 2021\|first=Sriram\|last=Lakshman}}</ref><ref name="TI">{{cite news\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/new-york-assembly-passes-kashmir-resolution-india-calls-out-attempts-to-misrepresent-j-ks-rich-mosaic-209120\|title=New York Assembly passes Kashmir resolution; India calls out attempts to misrepresent J-~~K’s~~ rich mosaic\|work=Tribune India\|date=7 February 2021\|accessdate=7 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="Dawn">{{cite news\|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1605819\|title=Pakistan hails New York Assembly resolution marking Feb 5 as 'Kashmir-American Day'\|work=Dawn\|date=6 February 2021\|accessdate=7 February 2021\|first=Naveed\|last=Siddiqui}}</ref>		== Kashmir-American Day ==
			In the United States, the [[New York State Assembly]] passed a resolution on 5 February 2021 calling on the Governor of New York to recognise the day as '''Kashmir American Day'''. According to the resolution, the day is meant to recognise New York's Kashmiri community and to "champion human rights including the freedom of religion, movement, and expression for all Kashmiri people, which are embedded within the United States Constitution, through the recognition of diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious identities."<ref name="TH" /><ref name="Dawn" /> The Pakistani mission thanked the New York lawmaker [[Nader Sayegh]] and the American Pakistani Advocacy Group for their efforts.<ref name="TH">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/new-york-state-assembly-resolution-calls-for-recognition-of-kashmir-american-day/article33770437.ece\|title=New York State Assembly resolution calls for recognition of Kashmir American Day\|work=The Hindu\|date=6 February 2021\|accessdate=7 February 2021\|first=Sriram\|last=Lakshman}}</ref><ref name="TI">{{cite news\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/new-york-assembly-passes-kashmir-resolution-india-calls-out-attempts-to-misrepresent-j-ks-rich-mosaic-209120\|title=New York Assembly passes Kashmir resolution; India calls out attempts to misrepresent J-K's rich mosaic\|work=Tribune India\|date=7 February 2021\|accessdate=7 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="Dawn">{{cite news\|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1605819\|title=Pakistan hails New York Assembly resolution marking Feb 5 as 'Kashmir-American Day'\|work=Dawn\|date=6 February 2021\|accessdate=7 February 2021\|first=Naveed\|last=Siddiqui}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Azad Kashmir ~~Day]]~~		{{Observances in Kashmir, Jammu}}
	* [[Accession Day (Jammu ~~and Kashmir)]]~~
	* [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference]]		* [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference]]
	* [[Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir]]		* [[Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir]]

	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist~~\|30em~~}}		{{Reflist}}

	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{citation \|author=Muhammad Raza Malik \|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-230372-The-Kashmir-Solidarity-Day \|title=The Kashmir Solidarity Day \|newspaper=The News International \|date=4 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301130144/http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-230372-The-Kashmir-Solidarity-Day \|archive-date=1 March 2014}}		* {{citation \|author=Muhammad Raza Malik \|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-230372-The-Kashmir-Solidarity-Day \|title=The Kashmir Solidarity Day \|newspaper=The News International \|date=4 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301130144/http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-230372-The-Kashmir-Solidarity-Day \|archive-date=1 March 2014}}
	*[http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/02/04/city/lahore/nation-to-observe-kashmir-day-today/ Nation to observe Kashmir Day today], Pakistan Today, 4 February 2015.		*[http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/02/04/city/lahore/nation-to-observe-kashmir-day-today/ Nation to observe Kashmir Day today], Pakistan Today, 4 February 2015.
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{{short description|National holiday in Pakistan}}
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{{For|the ongoing conflict|Kashmir conflict}}
{{see also|Kashmir Martyrs' Day}}
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'''Kashmir Solidarity Day''' or '''Kashmir Day''' is a [[Public holidays in Pakistan|national holiday]] observed in Pakistan on 5 February annually. It is observed to show Pakistan's support and unity with the people of Indian-administered [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference|Kashmiri separatist]]s' efforts to secede from India, and to pay homage to the [[Kashmiris]] who have died in the [[Kashmir conflict|conflict]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day today |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/05/stories/2007020503731300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=5 February 2007 |access-date=5 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001184921/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/05/stories/2007020503731300.htm |archive-date=1 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kashmir Day being observed today |url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=36715 |work=[[The News International]] |date=5 February 2008 |access-date=5 February 2008 }}</ref> Solidarity rallies are held in the Pakistani-administered territory of [[Azad Kashmir|Azad Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref name="DAWN.COM 2021">{{cite web | title=Pakistan expresses 'unshakable' support for Kashmiris on Solidarity Day | website=DAWN.COM | date=2021-02-05 | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1605609 | access-date=2021-02-05}}</ref> as well as by some members of the [[Mirpuri diaspora]].{{cn|date=February 2021}}

Kashmir Day was first proposed by [[Qazi Hussain Ahmad]] of the [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/277511-karachi-stands-with-kashmir-in-solidarity |title=Karachi stands with Kashmir in solidarity |date=2018-02-06 |access-date=2018-02-10 |language=en-PK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211071649/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/277511-karachi-stands-with-kashmir-in-solidarity |archive-date=11 February 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1991, the then-[[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] called for a "Kashmir Solidarity Day Strike";<ref>{{cite book |last1=Henne |first1=Peter |title=Islamic Politics, Muslim States, and Counterterrorism Tensions |date=2017 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781107143227 |page=89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jdQoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA89 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> Sharif had come to power with the help of the Jamaat in the previous year, and the 1991 event was also a Jamaat affair.<ref>[https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aaa842.html Information on Jamaat-i Islami or Jammat Islami, its activities, membership, policies, and connections to military groups, other states, terrorist groups, etc.], Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, via UNHCR, 1 June 1991.</ref>

The current 'Kashmir Solidarity Day' was started by the Pakistani minister for [[Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan|Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas]] in 2004.<ref>[https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/184157-What-does-Kashmir-Solidarity-Day-mean What does Kashmir Solidarity Day mean?], The News International, 5 February 2017</ref>

In the United States, the [[New York State Assembly]] passed a resolution on 5 February 2021 calling on the Governor of New York to recognise the day as "Kashmir American Day". According to the resolution, the day is meant to recognise New York's Kashmiri community and to "champion human rights including the freedom of religion, movement, and expression for all Kashmiri people, which are embedded within the United States Constitution, through the recognition of diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious identities."<ref name="TH"/><ref name="Dawn"/> The Pakistani mission thanked the New York lawmaker [[Nader Sayegh]] and the American Pakistani Adocacy Group for their efforts.<ref name="TH">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/new-york-state-assembly-resolution-calls-for-recognition-of-kashmir-american-day/article33770437.ece|title=New York State Assembly resolution calls for recognition of Kashmir American Day|work=The Hindu|date=6 February 2021|accessdate=7 February 2021|first=Sriram|last=Lakshman}}</ref><ref name="TI">{{cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/new-york-assembly-passes-kashmir-resolution-india-calls-out-attempts-to-misrepresent-j-ks-rich-mosaic-209120|title=New York Assembly passes Kashmir resolution; India calls out attempts to misrepresent J-K’s rich mosaic|work=Tribune India|date=7 February 2021|accessdate=7 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="Dawn">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1605819|title=Pakistan hails New York Assembly resolution marking Feb 5 as 'Kashmir-American Day'|work=Dawn|date=6 February 2021|accessdate=7 February 2021|first=Naveed|last=Siddiqui}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Azad Kashmir Day]]
* [[Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir)]]
* [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference]]
* [[Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{citation |author=Muhammad Raza Malik |url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-230372-The-Kashmir-Solidarity-Day |title=The Kashmir Solidarity Day |newspaper=The News International |date=4 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301130144/http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-230372-The-Kashmir-Solidarity-Day |archive-date=1 March 2014}}
*[http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/02/04/city/lahore/nation-to-observe-kashmir-day-today/ Nation to observe Kashmir Day today], Pakistan Today, 4 February 2015.

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