Support stir in Kashmir, says Pakistan PM

ISLAMABAD

: Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi addressed the legislative assembly of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir to mark “Kashmir Day” on Monday and urged lawmakers and politicians to continue supporting the struggle of Kashmir’s people under “Indian occupation”.

President

Mamnoon Hussain

, meanwhile, reiterated Pakistan’s political, moral and diplomatic support for Kashmir’s “struggle for freedom”.

The Pakistan foreign office in a statement vowed that Islamabad would stand beside the Kashmiri people and support their right to self-determination.