Kashmir Solidarity Day

Kashmir Solidarity Day, or Kashmir Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan and also observed by Kashmiri nationalists on 5 February each year. It is in observance of Pakistan’s support and unity with the people of Indian-administered Kashmir, their ongoing freedom struggle, and to pay homage to Kashmiri martyrs who lost their lives fighting for Kashmir’s freedom. Solidarity rallies are held inAzad Kashmir, Pakistan and by Kashmiri diaspora in United Kingdom. The day often marks unrest in Indian controlled Kashmir. The major protests and incidents include 2010 Kashmir unrest, Doodhipora killing, 2006, 2009 Shopian rape and murder case and the Bomai Incident. Kashmir Day was first proposed by Jamaat-e-Islami party in Pakistan in 1990.