The Senate will hold a special session on August 5 to condemn India’s illegal move to end the special status of occupied Kashmir, Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani told the house.
The house will unanimously pass a resolution, which will be sent to all embassies and foreign missions. The house tasked Mushahid Hussain Sayed, the chairman of the house Foreign Affairs Committee with preparing the recommendations for the special session.
During the session on Wednesday, Jamaat-e-Islami chief Senator Siraj-ul-Haq told the house that on August 5 last year, India changed the status of occupied Kashmir and since then 18,000 people were sent to jail, including the entire leadership of the Kashmir people.
He suggested that August 5 should be observed nationally as the day of condemnation. This, he added, would strengthen the Kashmiris’ struggle for independence. He criticised the government, saying that it had not taken any practical steps in one year.
