Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Sunday that February 23 is the day to salute the daughters of Kashmir who sacrificed their husbands in the struggle for the freedom of Kashmir.
She expressed this while talking to reporters after attending a convention of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf office-bearers from central Punjab in Lahore. "It is a day to condemn the atrocities of the Indian government and how the women of Kashmir were dishonored as a group. It is the day to tell the world again that our sisters who have been protesting in Shaheen Bagh for the past 60 days. It is the day to tell our daughters, sisters and mothers in Kashmir that the daughters, sisters and mothers of Pakistan are with them and they will not leave them helpless," she added. The SAPM continued that the day is not far when the shackles of slavery will be broken and they will see the sun of freedom rising over Kashmir.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter and urged the world community, especially the women, to become the voice of resilient Kashmiri women in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
"Today is Kashmir Women Resistance Day. For 7 decades, Indian forces have committed war crimes against women in IOJK. Their sufferings have multiplied after 5 Aug siege by Modi Govt. I urge world community, especially women, to become voice of resilient Kashmiri women for peace in IOJK," the premier wrote.
Talking about former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's health, the government's chief spokesperson said: "We know what this mysterious illness is that world-renowned doctors in London are unable to prescribe something for." "The real reason of this illness is distance from power. When they (Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari) were in power, they live healthy lives in Pakistan and rule over the country like kings but when people vote them out of power, every kind of illness surrounds them," Awan said while responding to a query.
About the absence of the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, she said he should return to Pakistan amid the "drought in the leadership of the PML-N and the season of silence in the party".
When asked about the large number of people who attended a regional-level convention, Awan said: "The people are aware that they have only one messiah who can take them away from the control of these two (PPP and PML-N) families and set Pakistan in the right direction."
Regarding PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zaradari's recent remarks that the PTI will be over in next six months, the SAPM said: "These boasts of six months are the boasts of madmen. These six months will come again and again and you will have to tolerate them."