Chairman of the Kashmir Committee Raja Basharat chaired meeting regarding Kashmir related activities in Punjab

October 23, 2019

Provincial Minister of Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Social Welfare Raja Basharat has said that Punjab will not be left behind to present the atrocities on Kashmiris to the world and on October 27, the Punjab government will celebrate Black Day to show solidarity with oppressed Kashmiri people of Indian Held Kashmir in shoulder to shoulder with the federal government. He was chairing a meeting of Kashmir Committee Punjab held at Civil Secretariat on Wednesday. Members of Kashmir Committee, MPA Ms Uzma Kardar, MPA Mahendra Singh Pal and officers of the Information and Culture Department, Transport, Punjab Information Technology Board and DGPR were also present on the occasion. The Minister said that according to the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief Minister Punjab Usman Bazdar, the issue of Kashmir was being highlighted at all levels in Punjab. He said that Kashmir Hour is being celebrated every Friday in educational institutions across the province. He directed the concerned departments to initiate a comprehensive website based on the activities of the Kashmir Committee and launch an online one-million signatures campaign in favour of Kashmiris. Earlier, giving briefing on the steps taken so far to highlight Kashmir issue around the world, the meeting was informed that the Department of Transport will run a special publicity bus carrying messages related to Kashmir which will visit every district across Punjab. There will be banners, pictures and posters of solidarity-based slogans and messages exhibited on the bus.