Addressing the rally, LCCI Vice President Faheem-ur-Rehman Saigal and other speakers said that ongoing Indian suppression in occupied Kashmir would not harm the passion of Kashmiris struggle for freedom. Instead the Kashmir freedom movement has entered into a final phase.
They said Kashmir is jugular vein of Pakistan and the nation would not leave Kashmiris alone at this crucial time. "India has been singled out in the world because of her atrocities in Kashmir and United Nations General Assembly categorically cleared that Kashmir is not an internal issue of India but a dispute between two countries," they said.
The speakers said that business community has serious concern on the alarming situation in held Kashmir. They said that barbaric killing of innocent people in occupied Kashmir is not acceptable for the business community of Pakistan and it is standing shoulder to shoulder with Kashmiri brothers. The use of forces and ammunition against innocent civilians is a blatant violation of the right to life, right to freedom of expression and opinion, right to peaceful protest, right to peaceful assembly and other rights, they added.
They said that irresponsible act of Indian government ringing the alarm bells for prospects of peace and tranquillity in otherwise volatile region. The growing tension, caused by Indian provocative policy, is not a good sign as confrontation between the two nuclear powers could lead mass destruction.