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'''Kashmir Solidarity Day''' ({{lang-ur|{{URDU|یوم یکجہتی کشمیر}}}}) 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 insurgency|conflict]].<ref name="Hindu 2007">
{{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 |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}}
</ref> Solidarity rallies are held in the Pakistani-administered territory of [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir]],<ref name="Dawn 2021">
{{cite news | title=Pakistan expresses 'unshakable' support for Kashmiris on Solidarity Day | newspaper=Dawn | date=2021-02-05 | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1605609}}
</ref>
Pakistan and by [[British Mirpuri|Mirpuri Kashmiris]] in the [[United Kingdom]].


'''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 name="The News 2018"/> and supported by [[Nawaz Sharif]].<ref name=Henne/> The current commemoration 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>


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>
== History ==
Kashmir Day was first proposed by [[Qazi Hussain Ahmad]] of the [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]] in 1990.<ref name="The News 2018">{{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 |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 name=Henne>{{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}}</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 sixes countries, 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>
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>
The 2007 event was organized by Jamaat-ud-dawa, the religious charity associated with the banned [[Islamist]] terrorist organization{{efn|{{Cite web |url=https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list |title=Sanctions List Materials &#124; United Nations Security Council  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216040651/https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list |archive-date=16 February 2019}}}} [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]. The solidarity rally was addressed by [[Hafiz Saeed]], the chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba.<ref name="Hindu 2007"/>
 
In 2021, the [[New York State Assembly]] passed a resolution calling on the Governor of New York to recognize the day as '''Kashmir American Day'''. According to the resolution, the day is meant to recognize New York's Kashmiri community and to "champion human rights including the freedom of religion".<ref name="Hindu New York">{{cite news |title=New York State Assembly resolution calls for recognition of Kashmir American Day |work=The Hindu |date=6 February 2021 |first=Sriram |last=Lakshman |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/new-york-state-assembly-resolution-calls-for-recognition-of-kashmir-american-day/article33770437.ece}}</ref><ref name="TI">{{cite news |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 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/new-york-assembly-passes-kashmir-resolution-india-calls-out-attempts-to-misrepresent-j-ks-rich-mosaic-209120}}
</ref><ref name="Dawn New York">{{cite news |title=Pakistan hails New York Assembly resolution marking Feb 5 as 'Kashmir-American Day' |work=Dawn |date=6 February 2021 |first=Naveed |last=Siddiqui |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1605819}}</ref>
 
In 2022, the residents in several towns of Pakistan-administered Pakistan-occupied Kashmir called it a "Fraud Day", and criticised the government for poor infrastructure as compared to Indian-administered Kashmir.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCVCDfLog10|title=PoK Residents Condemn Pak's 'Kashmir Solidarity Day' - Calls It 'Fraud Day' |publisher=[[ITV Network (India)|NewsX]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/international/news/pok-people-organized-fraud-day-to-oppose-pakistan-kashmir-solidarity-day-129377770.html|title= पाकिस्तान ने मनाया कश्मीर एकजुटता दिवस, विरोध में POK वालों ने आयोजित किया 'फ्रॉड डे'|date=7 February 2022|publisher=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}</ref>
Also in 2022, the Pakistani franchises of international companies such as Hyundai and Kia Motors, Suzuki Motors, Toyota, KFC, Pizza Hut, etc. issued advertisements in favour of Kashmiris 'right to freedom'. Their parent international companies apologised for the partisan nature of the acts and said that their names were used without authorisation.<ref>
Gautam Mukherjee, [https://www.firstpost.com/politics/hijab-hypocrisy-seeking-religious-concessions-for-women-in-secular-institutions-but-keeping-mum-on-access-to-mosques-10366891.html Hijab hypocrisy: Seeking religious concessions for women in secular institutions, but keeping mum on access to mosques], Firstpost, 11 February 2022.
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== 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]]
== Notes ==
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==References==
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*[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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Latest revision as of 15:25, 14 November 2022


For the ongoing conflict, see Kashmir conflict.

Kashmir Solidarity Day
Banner raised for Kashmir Solidarity Day in Islamabad
Observed byPakistan
Date5 February
Next time5 February 2027 (2027-02-05)
FrequencyAnnual
First time1990
Started byJamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
Related toKashmir conflict

Kashmir Solidarity Day (Urdu: Template:URDU‎) or Kashmir Day is a 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 and Kashmiri 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 the Pakistani-administered territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir,[3] Pakistan and by Mirpuri Kashmiris in the United Kingdom.

Kashmir Day was first proposed by Qazi Hussain Ahmad of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in 1990,[4] and supported by Nawaz Sharif.[5] The current commemoration was started by the Pakistani minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas in 2004.[6]

History[edit | edit source]

Kashmir Day was first proposed by Qazi Hussain Ahmad of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in 1990.[4] In 1991, the then-Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif called for a "Kashmir Solidarity Day Strike".[5] Sharif had come to power with the help of the Jamaat in the previous year, and the 1991 event was also a Jamaat affair.[7]

The current 'Kashmir Solidarity Day' was started by the Pakistani minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas in 2004.[8]

The 2007 event was organized by Jamaat-ud-dawa, the religious charity associated with the banned Islamist terrorist organization[lower-alpha 1] Lashkar-e-Taiba. The solidarity rally was addressed by Hafiz Saeed, the chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba.[1]

In 2021, the New York State Assembly passed a resolution calling on the Governor of New York to recognize the day as Kashmir American Day. According to the resolution, the day is meant to recognize New York's Kashmiri community and to "champion human rights including the freedom of religion".[9][10][11]

In 2022, the residents in several towns of Pakistan-administered Pakistan-occupied Kashmir called it a "Fraud Day", and criticised the government for poor infrastructure as compared to Indian-administered Kashmir.[12][13] Also in 2022, the Pakistani franchises of international companies such as Hyundai and Kia Motors, Suzuki Motors, Toyota, KFC, Pizza Hut, etc. issued advertisements in favour of Kashmiris 'right to freedom'. Their parent international companies apologised for the partisan nature of the acts and said that their names were used without authorisation.[14]

See also[edit | edit source]

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Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Sanctions List Materials | United Nations Security Council". Archived from the original on 16 February 2019.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Pakistan to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day today". The Hindu. 5 February 2007. Archived from the original on 1 October 2008.
  2. ↑ "Kashmir Day being observed today". The News International. 5 February 2008.
  3. ↑ "Pakistan expresses 'unshakable' support for Kashmiris on Solidarity Day". Dawn. 5 February 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Karachi stands with Kashmir in solidarity". 6 February 2018. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Henne, Peter (2017). Islamic Politics, Muslim States, and Counterterrorism Tensions. Cambridge University Press. p. 89. ISBN 9781107143227.
  6. ↑ What does Kashmir Solidarity Day mean?, The News International, 5 February 2017
  7. ↑ Information on Jamaat-i Islami or Jammat Islami, its activities, membership, policies, and connections to military groups, other sixes countries, terrorist groups, etc., Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, via UNHCR, 1 June 1991.
  8. ↑ What does Kashmir Solidarity Day mean?, The News International, 5 February 2017
  9. ↑ Lakshman, Sriram (6 February 2021). "New York State Assembly resolution calls for recognition of Kashmir American Day". The Hindu.
  10. ↑ "New York Assembly passes Kashmir resolution; India calls out attempts to misrepresent J-K's rich mosaic". Tribune India. 7 February 2021.
  11. ↑ Siddiqui, Naveed (6 February 2021). "Pakistan hails New York Assembly resolution marking Feb 5 as 'Kashmir-American Day'". Dawn.
  12. ↑ "PoK Residents Condemn Pak's 'Kashmir Solidarity Day' - Calls It 'Fraud Day'". NewsX.
  13. ↑ "पाकिस्तान ने मनाया कश्मीर एकजुटता दिवस, विरोध में POK वालों ने आयोजित किया 'फ्रॉड डे'". Dainik Bhaskar. 7 February 2022.
  14. ↑ Gautam Mukherjee, Hijab hypocrisy: Seeking religious concessions for women in secular institutions, but keeping mum on access to mosques, Firstpost, 11 February 2022.

External links[edit | edit source]

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