{"id":193313,"date":"2026-01-24T19:44:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T14:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=193313"},"modified":"2026-01-25T19:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:54:08","slug":"kashmir-issue-to-take-centre-stage-at-islamabad-on-indias-republic-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/01\/24\/kashmir-issue-to-take-centre-stage-at-islamabad-on-indias-republic-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir issue to take centre stage at Islamabad on India\u2019s Republic Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"457\">Islamabad: Kashmiri groups and political leaders will observe India\u2019s Republic Day as a Black Day on Monday, with a seminar planned in Islamabad to highlight the situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir and the human rights situation in the region.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"459\" data-end=\"695\">The event will be jointly organised by the Kashmir Institute of International Relations, Friends of Kashmir, and the Parliamentary Kashmir Committee at the Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS) auditorium.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"903\">Organisers said the seminar aims to draw attention to what they describe as rights violations in IIOJK and to reiterate calls for international engagement on the long-standing dispute.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"1170\">The speakers are expected to include Rana Qasim Noon, chairman of the Parliamentary Kashmir Committee; former federal minister Qamar Zaman Kaira; Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed; and former Azad Jammu and Kashmir prime minister Sardar Atiq Ahmed Khan.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1172\" data-end=\"1464\">Other participants scheduled to address the seminar include Shah Ghulam Qadir, head of the Pakistan Muslim League-N in Azad Jammu and Kashmir; National Assembly member Sher Afzal Marwat; former AJK minister Farzana Yaqoob; and AJK government minister Javed Ayub, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Kashmiri groups and political leaders will observe India\u2019s Republic Day as a Black Day on Monday, with a seminar planned in Islamabad to highlight the situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir and the human rights situation in the region. 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