Pakistan Day AJK leaders recall historic Lahore Resolution

MIRPUR (AJK) , (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point news - 23rd Mar, 2026) Azad Jammu and Kashmir's acting President Chaudhry Latif Akbar and Prime minister Chudhary Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, while terming March 23 as an important milestone in the history of Pakistan, have said that it was on this day in 1940 when the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent passed the historic Pakistan Resolution in Lahore and decided to fight together under the sole dynamic leadership of Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah to achieve their collective goal.

In their separate messages issued on Sunday on the eve of Pakistan Day, falling on Monday, both the leaders felicitated the Pakistani nation and paid eulogizing tributes to founders whose unwavering struggle and unprecedented sacrifices led to creation of a separate homeland for Muslims under the inspiring leadership of Mr. Jinnah.

The acting AJK President, in his message, said, "It was on this day when the Muslims of the subcontinent pledged to fight for the establishment of a separate homeland for themselves, where they can live according to their Islamic values, traditions, principles of justice, equality and freedom.

The Kashmiri leadership, he said, also attended the historic summit in Lahore whereupon they decided to carry forward their struggle to determine political future of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with the vision of Allama Iqbal under the dynamic leadership of M Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Barrister Chaudhry said, "A strong and stable Pakistan is the guarantor of Kashmir's freedom, and Kashmiris consider Pakistan as sacred land".

In his message, the AJK Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore said that March 23, 1940 was a turning point in our history."Despite fierce opposition, our leaders turned the dream of a separate homeland for Muslims into a reality", he said.

He said that the Kashmiri leadership was also at the forefront of this historic struggle that successfully culminated in the shape of Pakistan.'The ongoing liberation struggle in occupied Kashmir is basically a quest for the fulfillment of Pakistan, a cause that the Kashmiri people have sustained since several decades through their sacrifices", he remarked.

"Kashmiris are Pakistanis by choice and they consider Pakistan as the centre of their hopes and aspirations", the PM said adding that Kashmiris not only played a vital role along with the Muslims of India in the movement for the establishment of Pakistan but had declared their allegiance to the state of Pakistan even before August 14, 1947. The establishment of Pakistan, he said, provided a new impetus and enthusiasm to the struggle of the Kashmiri people.

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