The High Commission of Pakistan in Ottawa and the Consulates General in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver organized Kashmir Black Day events to express solidarity and support with the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) in their just struggle to achieve the inalienable right to self-determination.

Addressing the event at the High Commission, Pakistan's High Commissioner to Canada Muhammad Saleem emphasized that Jammu & Kashmir dispute is one of the longstanding dispute and unresolved issue on the UN Security Council agenda. He called upon the international community and the human rights and civil society organizations to condemn the human rights violations in IIOJK and contribute to just and peaceful resolution of Jammu & Kashmir dispute.