World Bulletin / News Desk

Kashmir Solidarity Day, or Kashmir Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan and observed across the county and the world on 5 February each year.

It is in observance of people's support of and unity with the people of Indian-occupied Kashmir and to pay homage to Kashmiris who have died in their struggle for self-determination. 

Solidarity rallies are held all throughout Pakistan, the occupied Kashmir and around the world. Kashmir Day was first proposed by the Jamaat-e-Islami party in Pakistan in 1990.