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5th February translates into an act of promise in which people of Pakistan vow to uphold the right of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to self-determination in conformity to the resolutions of United Nations Security Council calling for impartial and above-board plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir. The commemoration of Kashmir solidarity day is also a message to the International community to fulfil its commitments towards the peaceful resolution of the long-standing core question of Kashmir.

The grant of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India by Pakistan is the latest episode in the improving relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, and the step is in the right direction on the path, which the two states have treaded since the tragic incident of Mumbai attacks in 2008. Pakistan's decision is an important leap towards normalization of trade ties between the two countries and majority of people on both sides of the border and across the globe has welcomed the step.

The endless custodial killings and human rights violations in occupied Kashmir have been raised time and again by the international community and human rights organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, but all those pleas have fallen on deaf ears, as no practical step has ever been taken by India to stop these abuses and the hollow claims of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about 'zero tolerance' seem a far cry.

Kashmir is such a dreadful issue that Pakistan and India have fought three wars and both the countries are at the edge of another bloody fight that might bring catastrophe with it and both the countries, will go back to the stone ages.  A leading Arab Newspaper “Gulf News” in its recent article alarms that the Kashmir issue would be cause of nuclear war between the two rival countries if it is not addressed soon. The Writer Pankaj Mishra says that in recent weeks, a cover story in the Economist on the world's “most dangerous border” discussed at length the Pakistan's rush to militarize its nuclear capacity, while former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger warned of a pre-First World War, Balkans-like scenario in South Asia that could lead to a global conflict. The Newspaper says “ Any 'Idiot's Guide to South Asia' will tell you that peace in the region will remain a distant dream until India and Pakistan reach a solution acceptable to Kashmiri Muslims as well as nationalists in both countries. This will initially require, at the very least, India to move its troops out of the Kashmir valley, where during the past two summers hundreds of thousands of Indian soldiers have confronted increasingly nonviolent and overwhelmingly young Muslim protesters.”

The fake encounters and mysterious killing of Kashmiri leaders, intellectuals and civilians including females has become order of the day in occupied Kashmir. The main motive behind such inhuman and cowardly acts is to create fear, confusion  and distrust among the Kashmiris engaged in a just struggle for securing their right to self-determination.