External threat: business community expresses solidarity with government

The entire business community on Tuesday expressed solidarity with the government and Pakistan armed forces and said that it stands united along with nation against any foreign aggression and external threat. Chairman Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC) Mian Kashif Ashfaq while talking to a delegation of investors who called on him at FIEDMC Camp Office here said the entire business community fully supports the valiant armed forces to thwart any aggression and safeguard the geographical boundaries of the motherland. "We are proud of our armed forces and will continue to extend cooperation to all extent," he said.
Regarding the Indian government's decision to scrap article 370, he called upon the international community to force India to respect the Human Rights Charter and put an immediate end to gross human rights violations in the occupied Kashmir. He said people from Azad Kashmir, Occupied Kashmir and Pakistan unanimously reaffirm that Kashmir belongs to Kashmiris and its future is to be decided by the people of Kashmir. He said "this day we reiterate that we are for Kashmiris and Kashmiris are for us".
He said all the illegitimate use of force and coercive measures by the Indian occupation forces in the Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) had miserably failed to suppress indigenous freedom struggle. He reiterated full support of the government and 207 million people of Pakistan to the just and legitimate right of the Kashmiri people for the peaceful resolution of the issue in line with their aspirations.
Appreciating PM Imran Khan's admirable efforts to present the cause of Kashmir before President Donald Trump, he said due to the government's untiring and timely diplomatic efforts, the issue would remain alive till its peaceful resolution in line with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people and the UN resolutions.
Mian Kashif underlined that the brave Pakistan army vanished the terrorists and the menace of terrorism from nook and corner of the country including from FATA and Balochistan. He asserted that peace cannot be established in South Asia without resolving the Kashmir issue. He urged the entire world community to use their influence for the right to self-determination of the Kashmiris in order to ensure sustainable and lasting peace in this region as the situation in held Kashmir has already endangered peace in South-Asia.