{"id":7948,"date":"2019-08-14T12:38:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T07:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?p=7948"},"modified":"2020-01-08T00:50:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T19:20:26","slug":"pakistan-celebrates-independence-day-in-solidarity-with-kashmiris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?p=7948","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan celebrates Independence Day in solidarity with Kashmiris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/High-Commissioner-of-Pakistan-Dr.-Shahid-Hashmat-cutting-the-cake-along-with-former-Sri-Lankan-Army-Commander-Gen.-R-Srilal-Weerasooriya-and-children-561x748.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7951\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The High Commission of Pakistan\nin Sri Lanka held a colourful flag-hoisting ceremony to mark the 73<sup>rd<\/sup>\nIndependence Day, at the High Commission\u2019s premises, on 14<sup>th<\/sup> August\n2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joined by the Pakistani community\nand dignitaries from different walks of life, the High Commissioner Maj. Gen.\n(R) Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat hoisted the national flag to celebrate the day.\nMessages from the President and the Prime Minister of Pakistan were read out to\nthe audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nHigh Commissioner, on the occasion, said that Pakistan\nis a peace-loving country which was created with enormous sacrifices. He added\nthat Pakistan has always supported peace and stability, especially in South\nAsia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The High Commissioner highlighted\nthat the Government of Pakistan has decided to observe this year\u2019s Independence\nDay, as Kashmir Solidarity Day to express Pakistan\u2019s moral, political and\ndiplomatic support and solidarity with Kashmiris in their just and fair freedom\nstruggle from Indian occupation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further stated that the\nactions taken by India in a bid to change the internationally recognized\ndisputed status of Indian occupied Jammu &amp; Kashmir were in violation of UN\nSecurity Council resolutions.&nbsp;He added that any attempt to change the\ndemographic structure of Indian occupied Jammu &amp; Kashmir would constitute\nviolation of the international law.&nbsp;He underlined that Pakistan has always\nurged resolution of seven-decade old dispute through peaceful means and in\naccordance with the long-standing UNSC Resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sri Lanka-Pakistan relations, the High Commissioner said\nthat Pakistan attaches great importance to its relations with Sri Lanka, which\nare based on mutual respect, understanding and close cooperation. He further\nsaid that Pakistan has always extended\nunconditional support to Sri Lanka at all fora and continue to do so,\nespecially with regard to Sri Lanka\u2019s national security and territorial\nintegrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Commission of Pakistan in Sri Lanka held a colourful flag-hoisting ceremony to mark the 73rd Independence Day, at the High Commission\u2019s premises, on 14th August 2019. Joined by the Pakistani community and dignitaries from different walks of life, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7952,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7948\/revisions\/7952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}