Canadians express solidarity with Kashmiris amidst chilling weather

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ISLAMABAD Feb 6 (TNS):  Kashmiri and Pakistani Canadian community Tuesday held a peaceful demonstration in front of the Canadian Parliament to express solidarity with just struggle of the Kashmiris.

According to a message received here, participants, in a chilling minus 25 degrees centigrade, held placards highlighting sufferings of the Kashmiris at the hands of Indian armed forces in held Kashmir.

They chanted slogans against human rights violations in the valley to draw the attention of the international community towards the gross human rights violations and use of pallet guns against innocent civilians.

The protestors urged the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Parliamentarians, civil society and the government to take up the issue of human rights violations with the Indian government and for immediate implementation of the United Nation Security Council’s resolution for ascertaining wishes of the Kashmiri people to decide their own future.