New Delhi: Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi said Wednesday that he will soon visit the Line of Control (LoC) to ‘express solidarity with our Kashmiri brethren’ following India’s decision to end the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had announced that a 30-minute event will take place every week in his country to show solidarity with the Kashmiri people.
Shahid Afridi also said that he would be at Mazar-e-Quaid (the tomb of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah) in Karachi at 12 noon, Friday.
“Let’s respond to PM call for Kashmir Hour as a nation. I will be at Mazar e Quaid at 12 noon Friday. Join me to express solidarity with our Kashmiri brethren. On 6 Sepetember I will visit home of a ‘Shaheed’. I will soon be visiting LoC (sic),” Afridi tweeted.
Shahid Afridi had earlier called for UN intervention as well as that of the US after the Indian government abrogated the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad had also said that he will visit the LoC with other Pakistani sportspersons. The former cricketer said that they will hoist a flag for peace at the LoC.
“I will go to the border for peace. I will call all the top people, the sportspeople and everyone. I will go there and tell everyone about peace. I will go with a peace flag. If these things did not stop then I will go to the border with anyone who will join me and after going there I will tell people that we want peace and we are with Kashmiri people,” Javed Miandad said in a video posted on his Twitter handle.
British boxer of Pakistan-origin Amir Khan visited Tuesday the LoC and met the families living there. The Pakistan Army had arranged the tour for the boxer.
IANS