The government and people of Pakistan on Friday paid strong tribute to the life and legacy of Kashmiri youth Burhan Wani for his selfless contribution to his Kashmiri brethren to attain their inalienable right to self-determination.
Wani and his fellows were martyred on July 8, 2016, by Indian occupation forces in the Tral area of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
“While paying homage to Burhan Wani as the face of the indigenous Kashmir freedom movement, Pakistan once again urges the government of India to desist from indiscriminate use of force and relentless targeting of Kashmiris especially the youth,” the Foreign Office said in a statement.
The FO said that Pakistan also urged the international community to play its due role for a just and peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant UNSC resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
'Wani a symbol of resistance against Indian occupation'
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif termed Burhan Wani a symbol of Kashmiris’ courageous resistance against the Indian occupation.
The premier paid tribute to him and said the Indian troops in the disputed territory unjustifiably tortured Wani and forced him to pick guns instead of education.
PM Shehbaz said Burhan Wani was the dear son of a Kashmiri mother who used to teach the Holy Quran and of a teacher father who taught students.
He said that Wani had written a chapter of great sacrifice against the...
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