KASHMIR DAY:

 It is originally celebrated on 5th February all over Pakistan. Pakistani people celebrate it to show their strength and support towards Kashmir. It is also known as 'Kashmir Solidarity Day'. Kashmir was a part of sub-continent before partition and as Pakistan and India got separated, the issue of Kashmir started. Pakistan say that  Kashmir is a part of Pakistan and India say that Kashmir is a part of India, while on the other hand Kashmir want them as separate country. According to estimated voting, 50% of Kashmiris voted to be the part of Pakistan, while 40% for India and other 10% wants Independence.

 


Kashmir Day was first proposed by Qazi Hussain Ahmad of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in 1990, In 1991, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif called for a 'Kashmir Solidarity Day Strike'. Nawaz Sharif had come to power with the help of Jamaat in the previous year and the 1991 event was also a Jamaat affair.

Many Pakistanis celebrate Kashmir Day like in schools, colleges and universities like they play Kashmir Day songs, speeches and many other way to show their support and unity towards Kashmiris.

Nature has provided Kashmir w
ith implausible beauty and is rightly called as 'Paradise on Earth'. The natives of Azad Kashmir speak Urdu, Pothwari and the Pahari languages. The traditional dress of the women is the Shalwar Kameez is commonly worn by both men and women. Women use Shawl to cover their head and upper body.

There are many quotes related to Kashmir Day like: ''Kashmir has always been more than a mere place. It has the quality of an experience, or a state of mind, or perhaps an ideal''.

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