Human chains, rallies, and protest demonstrations were held across Pakistan on Sunday to express solidarity with the pro-independence movement in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day, a national holiday, began with special prayers in the mosques for the liberation of Kashmir. A minute’s silence was observed throughout the country at 10 a.m. local time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thousands of people formed human chains on roads connecting the capital Islamabad to Pakistan-administered Kashmir. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The key ceremony was held near the Parliament House in Islamabad, which was attended by lawmakers, and a large number of students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another rally was taken out from Foreign Ministry, which was attended by diplomats, students, and civil society members. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Human chains, rallies, and protest demonstrations were held across Pakistan on Sunday to express solidarity with the pro-independence movement in Jammu and Kashmir. The day, a national holiday, began with special prayers in the mosques for the liberation of Kashmir. A minute’s silence was observed throughout the country at 10 a.m. local time. Thousands of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":90308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,13],"tags":[3564,3562,3563],"class_list":["post-90307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-pakistan","tag-kashmir-independence","tag-kashmir-solidarity-day","tag-pakistanis-mark-kashmir-solidarity-day"],"yoast_head":"\n