Prime Minister Imran Khan paid tribute to the people of Kashmir for laying down their lives "for freedom, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan has always stood steadfast for the Kashmiris right to self-determination and the day is not far that they are liberated from the clutches of India's illegal occupation.

In series of tweets on Kashmir Martyrs' Day, the PM said the martyrs of July 13, 1931 were the forefathers of today's Kashmiri resistance, adding that their descendants have, generation after generation, laid down their lives for freedom.

The prime minister added that Pakistan will continue to support the Kashmiris right to self-determination till it is liberated.

“Pakistan has always stood steadfast for the Kashmiri right to self-determination and will continue to support this just struggle till IOJK is liberated from the clutches of Indian illegal occupation. That day is not far,” the premier added.

The Kashmir Martyrs Day is being observed across the country including Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) today to pay homage to 22 Kashmiris martyred by the troops of Dogra Maharaja on July 13, 1931, for appearing outside the Central Jail in Srinagar in support of Abdul Qadeer who was charged for propelling people to defy the Dogra Rule.