Foundation to mark Oct 22 as ‘black day’

Tribune News Service

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Jammu, October 15

The Jammu and Kashmir Unity Foundation (JKUF) will observe ‘black day’ on October 22 “to remember lakhs of Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims of the state who had sacrificed their lives to defeat the invasion of the Pakistan army in 1947, erroneously described as a tribal invasion”.

A seminar titled “Pakistan’s military invasion not tribal raid of Jammu and Kashmir” will be conducted on October 22.

Addressing a press conference here today, Ajaat Jamwal, president, JKUF, along with advocate Ankur Sharma and Hari Dutt Shishu said tribals from Pakistan only constituted the front flank of the invasion to disguise the role of the Pakistan army.

He said the entire mobilisation of the tribals and the army was done in the name of jihad. “It will be proper to describe the 1947 invasion of Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan as the first jihad unleashed after the Independence of India,” he said.

Advocate Ankur Sharma said it was unfortunate that the Union Government was still reluctant to recognise the violence unleashed in the state by Pakistan.