ISLAMABAD - Speakers at a Kashmir Black Day commemoration agreed that lasting peace in South Asia would remain elusive until the Jammu and Kashmir dispute is resolved in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people and relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Every October 27, Pakistan commemorates Kashmir Black Day, denouncing the arrival of Indian troops in Srinagar in 1947 as the beginning of an illegitimate occupation. And it did so even two days ago. The anniversary retains a political significance that goes beyond anniversaries or territorial dispute: Kashmir remains one of the [...]